Steyn M, Henneberg M
Department of Anatomy, University of Pretoria, South Africa.
Am J Phys Anthropol. 1996 Jul;100(3):389-96. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199607)100:3<389::AID-AJPA6>3.0.CO;2-P.
Cross-sectional growth data were obtained from the skeletal remains of children from the Iron Age site of K2 near the Limpopo River. Standard measurements of the diaphyseal lengths of the long bones from both limbs were recorded and compared to published skeletal data. For this purpose, data on Eskimo and Aleut skeletons, Libben skeletons, and skeletons from Indian Knoll and Altenerding were used. An attempt to study growth allometrically was made. K2 children were growing as well as children from these other groups. Comparison of data for K2 children with those on living South African "Cape Coloured" rural children, studied during the late 1980s, shows the similarity of growth of both groups.
横断面生长数据取自林波波河附近K2铁器时代遗址儿童的骨骼遗骸。记录了双下肢长骨干长度的标准测量值，并与已发表的骨骼数据进行比较。为此，使用了爱斯基摩人和阿留申人骨骼、利本骨骼以及来自印第安诺尔和阿尔特纳丁的骨骼数据。尝试进行了异速生长研究。K2儿童的生长情况与其他这些群体的儿童一样。将K2儿童的数据与20世纪80年代末研究的南非“开普混血”农村儿童的数据进行比较，结果显示两组儿童生长情况相似。
