Wigley, B.R., Stillman, E.C. and Craig-Atkins, E. orcid.org/0000-0003-2560-548X (2024) Taking shape: A new geometric morphometric approach to quantifying dental fluctuating asymmetry and its application to the evaluation of developmental stress. Archaeometry, 66 (6). pp. 1399-1423. ISSN 0003-813X
Abstract
Although evaluating developmental stress is challenging, it is critical to understanding phenotypic adaptation and differentials in morbidity and mortality related to spatiotemporal variation in environmental and cultural factors. This paper presents a new, reproducible, and reliable geometric morphometric (GM) protocol through which stress-induced deviations to symmetry, known as fluctuating asymmetry (FA), can be robustly quantified. A case study, in which maternally mediated early-life stress in human skeletal remains is explored through first permanent molar (M1) FA, illustrates the method's effectiveness and wide-ranging potential to revolutionise the investigation of themes such as stress intensity, developmental processes, and buffering mechanisms in past populations.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2024 The Authors. Archaeometry published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of University of Oxford. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | developmental stress; fluctuating asymmetry; geometric morphometrics; first permanent molar; mother-child nexus |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > Department of Archaeology (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number Arts and Humanities Research Council 2268656 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 27 Mar 2024 11:16 |
Last Modified: | 08 Nov 2024 17:20 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/arcm.12973 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:210906 |