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Robert Jurmain

Anthropology

#105

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#169

Historical Rank

#59

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Robert Jurmain's Degrees

PhD Anthropology University of Arizona
Masters Anthropology University of Arizona
Bachelors Anthropology University of California, Santa Barbara

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According to Wikipedia, Robert Jurmain is a professor emeritus of anthropology at San Jose State University. Jurmain holds an A.B. in anthropology from UCLA and a Ph.D. in Biological Anthropology from Harvard. He joined the San Jose State faculty in 1975, and taught there until his retirement in 2004.

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Knee osteoarthritis has doubled in prevalence since the mid-20th century (2017) (568)
Osteoarthritis revisited: a contemporary review of aetiology (2007) (201)
Bioarchaeology's Holy Grail: The Reconstruction of Activity (2012) (162)
Stress and the etiology of osteoarthritis (1977) (149)
Stories from the Skeleton: Behavioral Reconstruction in Human Osteology (1999) (104)
Paleoepidemiology of a central California prehistoric population from Ca-Ala-329: II. Degenerative disease. (1990) (97)
Skeletal evidence of osteoarthritis: a palaeopathological perspective. (1995) (91)
Palaeoepidemiological Patterns of Trauma in a Medieval Nubian Skeletal Population (1997) (88)
The pattern of involvement of appendicular degenerative joint disease. (1980) (81)
An Introduction to Physical Anthropology (1961) (80)
Trauma, degenerative disease, and other pathologies among the Gombe chimpanzees. (1989) (78)
Degenerative joint disease in African great apes: an evolutionary perspective. (2000) (74)
Skeletal evidence of trauma in African apes, with special reference to the gombe chimpanzees (2006) (72)
Paleoepidemiolgical patterns of trauma in a prehistoric population from central California. (2001) (71)
Patterns of Cranial Trauma in a Prehistoric Population from Central California (1997) (68)
Degenerative changes in peripheral joints as indicators of mechanical stress: Opportunities and limitations (1991) (54)
Paleoepidemiology of a central California prehistoric population from CA-Ala-329: dental disease. (1990) (51)
In search of consensus: Terminology for entheseal changes (EC). (2016) (45)
Paleoepidemiological patterns of interpersonal aggression in a prehistoric central California population from CA-ALA-329. (2009) (39)
Essentials of Physical Anthropology (1992) (34)
Understanding physical anthropology and archeology (1981) (31)
Skeletal evidence of probable treponemal infection in free-ranging African apes (2000) (25)
Osteoarthrosis: sex-specific relationship to osteoporosis. (1983) (24)
Juggling the evidence : the purported 'acrobat' from Tell Brak. (2008) (24)
SEX AND GENDER IN PALEOPATHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE (1999) (21)
Part one: Paleoepidemiology of degenerative knee disease (1977) (19)
Understanding Humans: Introduction to Physical Anthropology and Archaeology (2008) (8)
Violence and Warfare in the Prehistoric San Francisco Bay Area (2013) (7)
Paleoepidemiology of a Native Californian Skeletal Population (1983) (3)
Paleopathology of Danish skeletons. By Pia Bennike. Copenhagen, Denmark: Akademisk Forlag. 1985. 272 pp., figures, tables, references, index. D. Kr. 160, 00 (paper) (1986) (3)
Paleoepidemiology of Degenerative Joint Disease (3)
Human evolution: a century of research. (1982) (2)
Paleoepidemiology of Degerative Joint Disease (1978) (2)
Violence and warfare in the prehistoric San Francisco Bay area: regional and temporal variations in conﬂict (2013) (1)
Osteoarthritis: Anthropological Interpretations (2013) (1)
Cengage Advantage Books: Understanding Humans: An Introduction To Physical Anthropology And Archaeology By Barry Lewis;Robert Jurmain;Lynn Kilgore (2019) (1)
Preliminary Cultural Resource Evaluation, Curie / Manila Drive Projects (1980) (0)
Osteoarthritis and Activity: Occupational and Sports Studies (2013) (0)
Prehistoric tuberculosis in the Americas. Edited by J. E. Buikstra. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Archeological Program. 1981. xii + 182 pp., figures, tables, index. $14.50 (paper) (1983) (0)
The human skull. By S.L. Rogers. Springfield IL: Charles C. Thomas. 1984 viii + 108 pp., figures, tables, glossary, references, indices. $15.50 (cloth) (1985) (0)
Archaeological Excavation of Human Burials and a Rock Feature at CA-SCL-178, 4-SCl-101 17.2 / 29.44216-117321 (Caltrans) (1988) (0)
Physical Anthropology an Introduction: ED 2011-2012 (2012) (0)
Osteoarthritis as an evolutionary mismatch disease (2017) (0)
Out of Joint: What patterns of osteoarthritis might tell us about activity (2005) (0)
Developmental influences on upper limb asymmetry in a skeletal population from central California (2006) (0)
Study guide for Jurmain et al.'s introduction to physical anthropology (2000) (0)
Osteoarthritis, Trauma, and Patterns of Asymmetry of the Upper Limb (2006) (0)
The field guide to early man. By David Lambert and the Diagram Group. New York: Facts on File Publications. 1987. 256 pp., figures, tables, index. $10.95 (paper) (1989) (0)
Conclusion: Defining the Limits of Interpretation (2013) (0)
Introduction to Anthropology (2008) (0)

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