Early Holocene ritual complexity in South America: the archaeological record of Lapa do Santo (east-central Brazil)

Early Archaic human skeletal remains found in a burial context in Lapa do Santo in eastcentral Brazil provide a rare glimpse into the lives of hunter-gatherer communities in South America, including their rituals for dealing with the dead. These included the reduction of the body by means of mutilation, defleshing, tooth removal, exposure to fire and possibly cannibalism, followed by the secondary burial of the remains according to strict rules. In a later period, pits were filled with disarticulated bones of a single individual without signs of body manipulation, demonstrating that the region was inhabited by dynamic groups in constant transformation over a period of centuries

Reconstructing the Deep Population History of Central and South America

We report genome-wide ancient DNA from 49 individuals forming four parallel time transects in Belize, Brazil, the Central Andes, and the Southern Cone, each dating to at least 9,000 years ago. The common ancestral population radiated rapidly from just one of the two early branches that contributed to Native Americans today. We document two previously unappreciated streams of gene flow between North and South America. One affected the Central Andes by 4,200 years ago, while the other explains an affinity between the oldest North American genome associated with the Clovis culture and the oldest Central and South Americans from Chile, Brazil, and Belize. However, this was not the primary source for later South Americans, as the other ancient individuals derive from lineages without specific affinity to the Clovis-associated genome, suggesting a population replacement that began at least 9,000 years ago and was followed by substantial population continuity in multiple regions

Hybrid cranial morphology in human populations: a morphometric analysis of Brazilian skulls of whites, blacks and browns

A caracterização fenotípica representa uma temática clássica na biologia evolutiva e o modo como diferentes caracteres respondem aos processos evolutivos tem sido problemática frequente em estudos envolvendo as mais diversas espécies. O presente trabalho visou investigar justamente como determinado fenótipo se comporta mediante o fluxo gênico. Primeiramente, explorou-se a possibilidade de se identificar e distinguir a partir de análises de traços craniométricos indivíduos anteriormente separados quanto a cor em três grupos: brancos, negros e pardos. Em um segundo momento, testou-se se a morfologia craniana expressa por indivíduos classificados como pardos seria intermediária em comparação com a expressa por brancos e negros. As análises estatísticas uni e multivariadas empregadas sobre os diferentes bancos de dados (dados brutos, dados das parcelas masculina e feminina separadamente, dados corrigidos para tamanho e também corrigidos para normalidade) apontaram ser possível discriminar os indivíduos previamente classificados de acordo com a cor em brancos, negros e pardos. Estes últimos, por sua vez, apresentam morfologia intermediária entre os grupos considerados parentais. Tais resultados permitem inferir que traços craniométricos, além de bons marcadores para a compreensão das relações histórico-biológicas populacionais, também seguiram o esperado como resposta ao fluxo gênico para um modelo de genética aditiva clássica segundo o qual a população híbrida apresenta frequências médias entre as populações parentais. Apesar de cor da pele e morfologia craniana representarem fenótipos com diferentes histórias evolutivas, observou-se correlação entre os dois caracteres para esta amostra, evidenciando-se que ambos representaram bons marcadores de mistura entre populaçõesPhenotypic characterization is a classic theme in evolutionary biology. The way different characters respond to evolutionary processes has been a frequent issue in studies involving a diverse number of species. This study aimed to investigate how a particular phenotype behaves by gene flow. First, it was explored the possibility to use analysis of craniometric traits to identify and distinguish individuals previously sorted by color into three groups: white, black and brown. Secondly, it was tested whether the cranial morphology expressed by individuals classified as brown would be intermediate compared to that expressed by whites and blacks. The univariate and multivariate statistical analysis used for the different databases (raw databases, data from male and female portions separately, data ajusted regarding size factor and normality) pointed out to be possible to discriminate individuals previously classified as white, black and brown, the latter being presented as an intermediate morphology between the considered parental groups. These results indicate that craniometric traits, besides being good markers for understanding the historical-biological population relationships, also followed as expected in response to gene flow for a classic additive genetic model, in which the hybrid population has medium frequencies between parental populations. Although skin color and cranial morphology represent phenotypes with different evolutionary histories, it was observed a correlation between the two characters for this sample, indicating that both represent good markers for mixture between population

ANÁLISE FÍSICO-QUÍMICA E SENSORIAL DE PÃO FRANCÊS COM REDUÇÃO DE SÓDIO E ENRIQUECIDO COM FIBRASdoi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5892/ruvrd.v12i2.1460

O pão francês é o produto de panificação mais consumido no Brasil, preparado basicamente com farinha de trigo, água, sal e melhorador. O objetivo desse estudo foi analisar fisico-quimicamente e sensorialmente formulações de pão francês enriquecido de fibras e com teor reduzido de sal. Os pães foram submetidos a análise de umidade, cinzas, proteína, lipídeos, fibra bruta, sódio e potássio. A análise sensorial de aceitabilidade foi aplicada utilizando-se a escala hedônica de nove pontos, com julgadores não treinados. A amostra C apresentou o maior teor de fibras e potássio e menor teor de sódio (P < 0,05). Todas as amostras foram aceitas, sendo a amostra C, com farelo de trigo a de maior aceitabilidade

Análise físico-química e sensorial de pão francês com redução de sódio e enriquecido com fibras

O pão francês é o produto de panificação mais consumido no Brasil, preparado basicamente com farinha de trigo, água, sal e melhorador. O objetivo desse estudo foi analisar fisico-quimicamente e sensorialmente formulações de pão francês enriquecido de fibras e com teor reduzido de sal. Os pães foram submetidos a análise de umidade, cinzas, proteína, lipídeos, fibra bruta, sódio e potássio. A análise sensorial de aceitabilidade foi aplicada utilizando-se a escala hedônica de nove pontos, com julgadores não treinados. A amostra C apresentou o maior teor de fibras e potássio e menor teor de sódio (P < 0,05). Todas as amostras foram aceitas, sendo a amostra C, com farelo de trigo a de maior aceitabilidade

Reconstructing the Deep Population History of Central and South America.

We report genome-wide ancient DNA from 49 individuals forming four parallel time transects in Belize, Brazil, the Central Andes, and the Southern Cone, each dating to at least ∼9,000 years ago. The common ancestral population radiated rapidly from just one of the two early branches that contributed to Native Americans today. We document two previously unappreciated streams of gene flow between North and South America. One affected the Central Andes by ∼4,200 years ago, while the other explains an affinity between the oldest North American genome associated with the Clovis culture and the oldest Central and South Americans from Chile, Brazil, and Belize. However, this was not the primary source for later South Americans, as the other ancient individuals derive from lineages without specific affinity to the Clovis-associated genome, suggesting a population replacement that began at&nbsp;least 9,000 years ago and was followed by substantial population continuity in multiple regions

Reconstructing the Deep Population History of Central and South America.

We report genome-wide ancient DNA from 49 individuals forming four parallel time transects in Belize, Brazil, the Central Andes, and the Southern Cone, each dating to at least ∼9,000 years ago. The common ancestral population radiated rapidly from just one of the two early branches that contributed to Native Americans today. We document two previously unappreciated streams of gene flow between North and South America. One affected the Central Andes by ∼4,200 years ago, while the other explains an affinity between the oldest North American genome associated with the Clovis culture and the oldest Central and South Americans from Chile, Brazil, and Belize. However, this was not the primary source for later South Americans, as the other ancient individuals derive from lineages without specific affinity to the Clovis-associated genome, suggesting a population replacement that began at least 9,000 years ago and was followed by substantial population continuity in multiple regions