Nickos Poulianos

Department of Anthropology, Anthropological Association of Greece, Greece

Biography

Nickos A. Poulianos was born in Tashkent, 1956. He was educated in Russia, New York, Greece, and Italy. He graduated in Biology at Rome University “La Sapienza” in 1984, and went on to a complete PhD in Anthropological Sciences concerning the ‘ Petralona Man’ at the Florence Institute of Anthropology in 1989, with a scholarship of Alexander Onassis Foundation. In 1996, he was elected President of the Anthropological Association of Greece, where he served until 2009. Dr Poulianos has more than 100 publications in national and international scientific journals.

Publications

Opinion
The Sexual Dimorphism with Emphasis to the Gluteal Muscle Differences
Author(s): Nickos Poulianos* and George Ebralidze

Due to the sexual dimorphism, there are obvious differences in appearance between males and females. In the simians (small monkeys) it is less pronounced - almost absent. During the course of biosocial evolution in greater - the so called anthropomorphic -apes (orangutan, chimpanzee and gorilla) this dimorphism became more accentuated.In our own species the tendency is to return to earlier times, but differences are still evident, especially in sports performance, injury incidence and location. Thus the recent greater exposure of women to high-level sports has produced an increase in the absolute numbers of injuries in women... View More»
DOI: 10.35248/2332-0915.21.9.245

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