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Differential sexual dimorphism in bone diameters of subjects of European and African ancestry
Author(s) -
Garn Stanley M.,
Nagy Jerrold M.,
Sandusky Sam T.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
american journal of physical anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1096-8644
pISSN - 0002-9483
DOI - 10.1002/ajpa.1330370116
Subject(s) - sexual dimorphism , sexing , medullary cavity , demography , population , biology , anatomy , zoology , sociology
The 1,589 low‐income adult subjects of primarily African ancestry (American Negroes or “Blacks”) showed systematically less sexual dimorphism in total subperiosteal area (TA), medullary area (MA) and cortical area (CA) than did 4,379 low‐income adult subjects of European derivation (“Whites”). These systematic findings have implications both to the sexing of skeletal remains from diverse populations and to an understanding of population divergences in bone remodeling.