A Biodistance Analysis of Mandibles From Taiwan, Asia, and the Pacific

Morphometric Analysis of Coptotermes spp. Soldier Caste (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae) in Indonesia and Evidence of Coptotermes gestroi Extreme Head-Capsule Shapes

“…Collinearity diagnostic analysis was conducted to investigate the multicollinearity effect based on the PCA results. As many as 11 nonmulticollinear characteristics (µm) were used in the initial canonical structure matrix to establish purposeful variables for further analysis of all of the species, while in the group of C. gestroi, 16 non-multicollinear characteristics were utilized in a stepwise fashion to independently select variables that would give the most contribution to the separation of the group [66,67]. In the stepwise DFA, Wilk's lambda F value was used (default settings: 3.87 as the entry value; 2.71 as the removal value).…”

The Human Bone Collection of the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Hong Kong: History and description of cranial and postcranial skeletal remains

“…In 1998, 30 crania were analyzed for research, which belonged to a collection of 700 modern crania of Chinese origin aged between 20-and 40-year-old (Cheung et al, 1998). In 2016, 15 crania mainly belonging to individuals from southern China (Guangdong and Fujian provinces) were described (Pietrusewsky et al, 2016), probably referring to data collected earlier (Pietrusewsky, 1992). Overall, this information was in partial agreement with the records of the current Collection, which is likely constituted (to a variable extent) by parts of the remains described above.…”

“…Further annual exhumation and retrieval exercises were conducted between 1982 and 1988, which included remains of individuals who had died between 1975 and 1981 (personal communication from Prof. Jablonski N.G.). Accordingly, a previous author analyzed 80 crania (Pietrusewsky, 1992) and 50 crania (Pietrusewsky & Chang, 2003) (Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, HKU at PPDH) of individuals who died in HK between 1978 and 1980, and further described 15 crania and skeletons of unclaimed individuals who died in HK in the same period, which were exhumed from the Wo Hop Shek Cemetery (Fanling, New Territories, HK) and donated to the PPDH (Pietrusewsky et al, 2016).…”

“…However, in 1981, 96.8% of Hong Kong's population was born either in HK or in Mainland China and Macau, it was 96.4% in 1986, and 95.4% in 1991 (Hong Kong 1991 Population Census Main Report, 1991). In addition, given that only one individual was specifically identified as non‐Asian (identification number T82 184), and based on historical information about the ethnicity of the individuals included in the Collection (Brace & Hunt, 1990; Cheung et al, 1998; Donlon, 2000; Green, 1987; Green & Darvell, 1988; Jablonski et al, 1985; Jablonski et al, 1989; King, 1997; Pietrusewsky, 1992; Pietrusewsky et al, 2016), it can be assumed that all of them are southern Chinese besides a few exceptions.…”

“…Since its first report in the 1980s, the Collection has been used for anatomical studies on mandibular foramina (Hui et al, n.d.;Savoldi et al, n.d.;Green & Darvell, 1988) and facial nerves (Jablonski et al, 1985) for the administration of intra-oral anesthesia, and clinical studies for establishing surgical guidelines in maxillofacial surgery (Cheung et al, 1998) and diagnosing maxillary hypoplasia (Savoldi, Massetti, et al, 2021). Other authors analyzed the evolution and prehistoric dispersal patterns of Homo sapiens in East Asia (Brace & Hunt, 1990;Brown, 1992;Li et al, 1991;Pietrusewsky et al, 2016) and Australasia (Donlon, 1990(Donlon, , 2000. Further studies investigated the biological relationship and origin of aboriginal groups of Taiwan (Pietrusewsky & Chang, 2003) and Japan (Brace et al, 1989).…”