頭蓋最大長と大腿骨計測値の間の有意な関連 : 短頭化現象問題の解決に向けて

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The correlations between neurocranial and femoral measurements were examined by principal component analysis and Kaiser's normal varimax rotation methods as a step toward claryfying the causes and mechanism of brachycephalization. The results based on modern Japanese skeletons show that cranial length is significantly associated with femoral lengths and the crosssectional size of the femoral shaft both in males and in females, and that cranial breadth has no systematic association with any femoral measurements. These and previous findings suggest that the general development of some skeletal muscles such as nuchal muscles and those attached on the "proximal" bones of the extremities may have some influence on cranial length, and that the similarity between the femur and the humerus in having strong associations with cranial length may partly be explained by the ontogenetic homology (or homodynamy) between the "proximal" limb bones.
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