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The Biology of Human Growth and Development The Biology of Human Growth and Development
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Hierarchy in Egypt Hierarchy in Egypt
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Egyptian Subsistence and Social Roles Egyptian Subsistence and Social Roles
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Research Hypotheses Research Hypotheses
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Materials and Methods Materials and Methods
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Results Results
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Discussion Discussion
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Ancient Egyptian Stature Ancient Egyptian Stature
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Egyptian Body Shape and Proportion Egyptian Body Shape and Proportion
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Sexual Dimorphism, Gender, and Inequality Sexual Dimorphism, Gender, and Inequality
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Social Groups, Class, and the Formation of Hierarchy Social Groups, Class, and the Formation of Hierarchy
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Egyptian Art and Hierarchy Egyptian Art and Hierarchy
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Conclusion: Hierarchy in Egypt as Seen through Stature and Body Size Conclusion: Hierarchy in Egypt as Seen through Stature and Body Size
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Acknowledgments Acknowledgments
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Literature Cited Literature Cited
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5 Skeletal Morphology and Social Structure in Ancient Egypt: Hierarchy, Gender, Body Shape, and Limb Proportion (4000–1900 BC)
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Published:April 2017
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Abstract
The study of human skeletal remains from ancient Egypt helps understand effects of emergent and entrenched differences in social differentiation and hierarchy between 5500 and 1785 B.C. This work focuses on diachronic patterns of terminal adult stature and limb proportions in Egyptian samples from the relatively egalitarian Badarian peoples through the highly complex and stratified Middle Kingdom. This diachronic approach suggests a number of complex outcomes, including that adult mean statures increased from Badarian to Late Predynastic times but declined into the Middle Kingdom. Increasing degrees of sexual dimorphism and changing limb proportions also speak to the intertwined effects of social hierarchy, gendered social divisions, and the plasticity of human growth in ancient Egypt.
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