Geographical variation in Japanese tooth size in the Edo period

• Nagaoka Tomohito

  Department of Anatomy, St. Marianna University School of Medicine

• Hirata Kazuaki

  Department of Anatomy, St. Marianna University School of Medicine

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 江戸時代人の歯冠サイズの地理的変異
• エド ジダイジン ノ シカン サイズ ノ チリテキ ヘンイ

Abstract

Geographical variation in permanent tooth size was examined using four Edo samples from Tohoku, Kanto, Kinki and Kyushu Districts in Japan. The result was that the Kinki people possessed the largest teeth, followed by the Kyushu people, Kanto people, and Tohoku people, in descending order. The Kinki people had a resemblance to the immigrant Yayoi people that were characterized by large tooth size, and the Tohoku people had a resemblance to the prehistoric Jomon people characterized by small tooth size. This result suggests the interesting relationship between the geographical variation in tooth size and the immigration from the Asian Continent to Japan.

Journal

• Anthropological Science (Japanese Series)

  Anthropological Science (Japanese Series) 111 (2), 143-154, 2003

  The Anthropological Society of Nippon

Keywords

• tooth size
• geographical variation
• Edo period
• concentric circular distribution

Details

• CRID: 1390001204469392256
• NII Article ID: 10011893357
• NII Article ID: 30010485905
• NII Book ID: AA11307827
• DOI: 10.1537/asj.111.143
• ISSN: 13488813
• ISSN: 13443992
• ISSN: http://id.crossref.org/issn/09187960
• NDL BIB ID: 6793383
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I6793383
• Web Site: http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/asj/111/2/111_2_143/_pdf
• Web Site: https://search.jamas.or.jp/link/ui/2004115949
• Text Lang: ja
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