Journal of the Anthropological Society of Nippon
Online ISSN : 1884-765X
Print ISSN : 0003-5505
ISSN-L : 0003-5505
Volume 81, Issue 3
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  • Shozo TAKAI, Harumi TERADA
    1973 Volume 81 Issue 3 Pages 145-152
    Published: 1973
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    The new idea of "complete isometry" was introduced to study the intercorrelation of the allometric growth of the human pentadactylism. Complete isometry is obtained from both primary and inverse allometric functions and means that two characters studied grow, in a statistical sense, at a completely proportional pace It was manifested that the growth pattern of human digits was grouped into axial and marginal, and the group of the marginal digits grew at a more positive allometric pace than that of axial digits. The biological law of axo-marginal growth gradient was clarified in the human pentadactylate hand.
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  • Goichi ISHIMOTO, Mieko KUWATA
    1973 Volume 81 Issue 3 Pages 153-158
    Published: 1973
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    For the purpose of detecting the geographical variations within Japan, the distribution of electrophoretic variants in two serum and ten red cell enzyme systems were determined among more than 300 inhabitants in Amami OshimaIsland. Most notable trends for this population were considered to have the relatively low frequencies of PGM11, Gptl and ADA2 from the obtained results. The overall data are presented with some comments.
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  • K. OMOTO, K. ISHIZAKI, S. HARADA, S. AKAISHI, T. KUDOS, K. TAKAHASHI
    1973 Volume 81 Issue 3 Pages 159-173
    Published: 1973
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  • Kunihiko KIMURA
    1973 Volume 81 Issue 3 Pages 174-184
    Published: 1973
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    On the basis of right hand radiographs of the Japanese (30 males and 30 females), the variability and correlation of each long bone length was considered. Bones on the distal and middle phalangeal rows and on the first and fifth rays were relatively more variable. The higher degree of correlation occurred in the bones on the proximal phalangeal row and those on the fourth and third rays, compared with others. Human pollex consisting of two phalanges seemed to be resultant from the fusion of the middle phalanx to the distal one or the disappearance of the middle phalanx.
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  • Akiyoshi SUDA, Hiroshi HOSHI, Moriharu ETO, Kumi ASHIZAWA, Teruyuki Ho ...
    1973 Volume 81 Issue 3 Pages 185-194
    Published: 1973
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    Japanese-American hybrid children, 60 males and 31 females, were measured repeatedly over a period from 6 to 15 years of age. Their growth was compared with that of the parental groups, Americans and Japanese. In general, White hybrids had longer trunk, shorter leg, narrower shoulder and broader pelvis than Negro hybrids, reflecting the difference between American Whites and Negroes. In respect to vertical sizes and proportions, hybrids tended to approach to the Japanese in both sexes. Discussion came to rest in such a conclusion that genetic factor might be most responsible for this fact. In respect to transverse sizes and proportions, however, the relationship between hybrids and their parental groups was rather complicated.
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  • Sanae KANDA, Noriko KAWAKAMI, Ritsuko SATO
    1973 Volume 81 Issue 3 Pages 195-202
    Published: 1973
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    The Oshima, Kikai and Okierabu groups of the Amami Japanese were measured in 1973. The MARTIN's methods for measurements were applied on stature, standing height to iliospinale an.t, biacromial breadth, biiliac breadth, cephalic length, cepalic breadth, chest girth, arm girth and body weight.
    Two kinds of thickness of skinfolds were measured by the Harpenden's caliper on triceps and scapula and indicated as skinfold I and II respectively. For the normal distributions of the measurements of skinfolds, the following transformation was applied
    Skinfold transform=l00×log10 (reading in 0.1mm-1.8)
    The Table 1 showed the measurements of adult Oshima, Kikai and Okierabu groups.
    The Table 2 showed those of adult Kinai Japanese in 1968-1969.
    The following physical traits of the Amami Japanese were indicated by the present studies,
    1. The Okierabu group revealed short stature and moderate wide biacromial and biiliac breadth among the Amami groups. The Amami groups were more stunted than the Kinai Japanese but the differences of relative leg length were not significant between the Amami and Kinai Japanese.
    2. The cephalic traits of the present three groups and other Amami groups had revealed tolerable identities on an anthropometrical basis.
    3. Thickness of skinfold of the Okierabu group showed larger thickness than those of the Amami groups. The three Amami groups had revealed a more prominent thickness than those of the Kinai Japanese.
    4. The average heights of the children in the Amami islands had increased during the last decades. (Table 3 and 4, Figure 1, 2 and 3)
    5. Distribution of Human Leucocyte Antigen was surveyed on the present groups and high frequencies of HL-A2, HL-A9, HL-A10, HL-A5, and W-10 were detected.
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  • Tomoko EGAMI, Fumiko SAITO
    1973 Volume 81 Issue 3 Pages 203-226
    Published: 1973
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  • Tsuneo KOSEKI
    1973 Volume 81 Issue 3 Pages 227-229
    Published: 1973
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    In February 1972, an old samurai's adipocerelike corpse a century ago was found in the vicinity of Niigata, Japan. A partial denture made of stone was found in his coffin, which seemed to have been put in the frontal part of his upper jaw.
    By the x-ray microanalyses and the x-ray diff ractometer, the partial denture was identified to be "roseki" (pyrophyllite rock).
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