Essays about: "hunter-gatherers"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the word hunter-gatherers.

  1. 1. Resurrecting the Dead : Comparing Diseases and Skeletal Pathologies in Ajvide Hunter-Gatherers and the Medieval Population of Visby

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Fanny Fagerholm; [2023]
    Keywords : Stone Age Ajvide; Medieval Visby; correspondence analysis; hunter-gatherers; degenerative joint diseases; infections; oral health; deficiency; palaeopathology; osteology; Gotland; Stenålders Ajvide; medeltida Visby; korrespondensanalys; jägare-samlare; degenerativa ledsjukdomar; infektioner; tandhälsa; bristsjukdomar; paleopatologi; osteologi; Gotland;

    Abstract : The skeletal material used in this thesis consists of 258 individuals, whereas 179 individuals had the requirements entailed for an analysis of health and lifestyles. In other words, their sex and age had been osteologically determined. READ MORE

  3. 2. Patterns of diversity of sex chromosomes and mitochondria in sub- Saharan African populations

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

    Author : Panagiotis-Ioannis Zervakis; [2020]
    Keywords : human evolution; population genetics; mitochondria; sex chromosomes; Africa; GATK;

    Abstract : Human genetic diversity is not distributed evenly around the globe, as it decreases along the route of modern human expansion, which originated in Africa. The ancestors of Khoe-San and rainforest hunter gatherers have been linked with the roots of human history and present unmatched diversity. READ MORE

  4. 3. Age of the Cremated : On the estimation of age of burnt human remains

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Osteoarkeologiska forskningslaboratoriet

    Author : Emil Åkesson; [2019]
    Keywords : age estimation; cremated remains; diploë; suture closure;

    Abstract : The estimation of age is an important aspect in osteoarchaeological analysis. In order to understand people and their fates in past societies, researchers must turn to palaeodemography. READ MORE

  5. 4. Genomic analyses of Scandinavian TRB farmers and their relation to other Neolithic populations

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Människans evolution; Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

    Author : Tatiana Ruiz-Bedoya; [2018]
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    Abstract : Human population history and the social composition of human groups during the Middle Neolithic (MN) in Scandinavia is still to be fully understood. The possibility of obtaining genomic data from ancient tissues has opened a new horizon for understanding ancient human populations. READ MORE

  6. 5. Hogging Wealth : Dental analyses and an interdisciplinary study of the importance of pigs in prehistoric economies

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Eric Hägglund; [2017]
    Keywords : Teeth analyses; Sus; wild boar; pig; osteology; Linear Enamel Hypoplasia; molars; ethno archaeology; Pitted Ware culture; Ajvide; Durrington Walls;

    Abstract : Studies in zoo-archaeological Neolithic contexts is the study of early animal domestication in relation to humans transitioning into a more sedentary species. Research and documentation are vital for reconstructing the mechanisms behind the threshold event. READ MORE