Insight into age-related changes of the human facial skeleton based on medieval European osteological collection

A Walczak, M Krenz-Niedbała, S Łukasik - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Aging changes in the facial skeleton are concentrated mostly in orbits, maxilla and
mandible. The aim of this study was to analyze metric traits of the adult viscerocranium in a …

Becoming adults: exploring the late ontogeny of the human talus

C Figus, R Sorrentino, KJ Carlson… - Frontiers in ecology …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction The talus plays an important role in receiving and dissipating the forces and
linking the leg and the foot. As such, it is of paramount importance to analyze how its …

Entheseal variation and locomotor behavior during growth

D Mameli, A Pietrobelli, R Sorrentino… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Entheses are acknowledged as skeletal markers capable of revealing several biological and
behavioral aspects of past individuals and populations. However, entheseal changes (ECs) …

Skeletal indicators of developmental changes in arboreality and locomotor maturation in extant apes and their relevance to hominin paleobiology

JPP Saers - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Modern humans are the only fully terrestrial ape. All other apes are partially
arboreal, particularly as infants and juveniles. Precocial locomotor development, high …

Trabecular bone variation in the gorilla calcaneus

CM Harper, BA Patel - American Journal of Biological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Calcaneal external shape differs among nonhuman primates relative to
locomotion. Such relationships between whole‐bone calcaneal trabecular structure and …

The developing juvenile talus: Radiographic identification of distinct ontogenetic phases and structural trajectories

RAG Reid, C Davies, C Cunningham - Journal of Anatomy, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Trabecular bone architecture in the developing skeleton is a widely researched area of bone
biomechanics; however, despite its significance in weight‐bearing locomotion, the …

Childhood is Biocultural: Refining Our Approaches to the Study of Children in Biological Anthropology

JS Nelson - 2024 - era.library.ualberta.ca
Understanding the ontogenetic effects of biocultural factors present in an individual's
environment during childhood is essential to the accurate interpretation of lived experiences …