This doctoral thesis is submitted in the form of science publications with impact factor and pres... more This doctoral thesis is submitted in the form of science publications with impact factor and presents human biological variation in two different ways. The first part is the study of phenotype variation focused on the degree of limb bones bilateral asymmetry. Besides genetic and hormonal factors asymmetry may develop as a response to biomechanical and to environmental factors influencing the individual/population. Therefore this trait can be considered as a measure of person's living conditions, health or environmental stress of different origin or exa- mine the effects of behavioral distinctions as sexual division of labor and diffe- rences in subsistence strategy. The submitted publication (Kujanová et al., 2008) is based on samples of two diachronic populations (medieval and recent) from Bohe- mia with different expected levels of health/environmental stress. The study is fo- cused especially on these aspects that may be indicative of various stresses, such as malnutrition or...
... consists of more than 300 postcranial skeletons with associated documentation (name, sex, age... more ... consists of more than 300 postcranial skeletons with associated documentation (name, sex, age, height ... In asymmetry assessment it is clearly desirable to have dimensions of both left and ... The defined metric dimensions were measured (Martin & Saller, 1957; Bräuer, 1988) 21 ...
This doctoral thesis is submitted in the form of science publications with impact factor and pres... more This doctoral thesis is submitted in the form of science publications with impact factor and presents human biological variation in two different ways. The first part is the study of phenotype variation focused on the degree of limb bones bilateral asymmetry. Besides genetic and hormonal factors asymmetry may develop as a response to biomechanical and to environmental factors influencing the individual/population. Therefore this trait can be considered as a measure of person's living conditions, health or environmental stress of different origin or exa- mine the effects of behavioral distinctions as sexual division of labor and diffe- rences in subsistence strategy. The submitted publication (Kujanová et al., 2008) is based on samples of two diachronic populations (medieval and recent) from Bohe- mia with different expected levels of health/environmental stress. The study is fo- cused especially on these aspects that may be indicative of various stresses, such as malnutrition or...
... consists of more than 300 postcranial skeletons with associated documentation (name, sex, age... more ... consists of more than 300 postcranial skeletons with associated documentation (name, sex, age, height ... In asymmetry assessment it is clearly desirable to have dimensions of both left and ... The defined metric dimensions were measured (Martin & Saller, 1957; Bräuer, 1988) 21 ...
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