臺大人類學系演講

講者：蕭婉思 博士
(中央研究院歷史語言所博士後研究員)

講題：The Adaptation of Human Skeletal Morphology in the Holocene: Insights from ancient Northeast China

時間：2016年3 月9日 (三)下午6：00-7：30

地點：臺大水源校區行政大樓人類系201室

簡介：
The climatic and environmental adaptation of human skeletal biology in the Holocene has been the focus of research in bioarchaeology because understanding changes in human skeletal morphology will improve our knowledge to human biological responses to external stresses. The biology of human is a product of genetics as well as environmental forces. As indicated by Bergmann’s and Allen’s rules, humans from cooler climates tend to have relatively larger body size than those from warmer climates, while the extremities of high-latitude populations are shorter than those of populations living in warmer environments. Although human structure is fundamentally genetically controlled, it is evident that the human body of some human populations do not completely fit within the global pattern of ecogeographic patterning. In addition to climatic factors, habitual behaviour has been one of the major influences that reshaped human skeletal biology. Numerous studies show that the adoption of agriculture, around 12,000 years ago, affected the health and robusticity of human populations. However, environmental influences on humans is a complex process: it does not happen in a simple and uniform manner. In other words, even humans from the same region may respond differently to changes in the environment. In last decades, an emphasis on human biological responses to climatic and environmental factors at a local level has seen in many studies, which implies that human skeletal plasticity and flexibility have played a more important role in regulating and mediating external forces than had previously presumed.

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