The changing shape of palaeopathology: The contribution of skeletal shape analyses to investigations of pathological conditions

RJ Gilmour, KA Plomp - American Journal of Biological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Analyses of human skeletal shape and geometry are used to investigate questions related to
habitual activities and physical lifeways, as well as biological distance and relatedness …

Cortical bone distribution of the proximal phalanges in great apes: Implications for reconstructing manual behaviours

SM Syeda, ZJ Tsegai, M Cazenave… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Primate fingers are typically in direct contact with the environment during both locomotion
and manipulation, and aspects of external phalangeal morphology are known to reflect …

Unique foot posture in Neanderthals reflects their body mass and high mechanical stress

R Sorrentino, NB Stephens, D Marchi… - Journal of Human …, 2021 - Elsevier
Neanderthal foot bone proportions and morphology are mostly indistinguishable from those
of Homo sapiens, with the exception of several distinct Neanderthal features in the talus. The …

Systemic patterns of trabecular bone across the human and chimpanzee skeleton

ZJ Tsegai, MM Skinner, DH Pahr, JJ Hublin… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aspects of trabecular bone architecture are thought to reflect regional loading of the
skeleton, and thus differ between primate taxa with different locomotor and postural modes …

Cortical and trabecular bone structure of the hominoid capitate

EE Bird, TL Kivell, MM Skinner - Journal of Anatomy, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Morphological variation in the hominoid capitate has been linked to differences in habitual
locomotor activity due to its importance in movement and load transfer at the midcarpal joint …

Using point clouds to investigate the relationship between trabecular bone phenotype and behavior: An example utilizing the human calcaneus

LJD DeMars, NB Stephens, JPP Saers… - American Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives The objective of this study is to demonstrate a new method for analyzing
trabecular bone volume fraction and degree of anisotropy in three dimensions. Methods We …

Trabecular bone functional adaptation and sexual dimorphism in the human foot

JPP Saers, TM Ryan, JT Stock - American Journal of Physical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Trabecular bone adapts to the strains placed upon the skeleton during life.
Anthropological research has largely focused on linking variation in primate trabecular bone …

Complex variation of trabecular bone structure in the proximal humerus and femur of five modern human populations

LJ Doershuk, JPP Saers, CN Shaw… - American Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objective This project investigates trabecular bone structural variation in the proximal
humerus and femur of hunter‐gatherer, mixed‐strategy agricultural, medieval, and human …

[HTML][HTML] Cancellous bone and theropod dinosaur locomotion. Part I—an examination of cancellous bone architecture in the hindlimb bones of theropods

PJ Bishop, SA Hocknull, CJ Clemente, JR Hutchinson… - PeerJ, 2018 - peerj.com
This paper is the first of a three-part series that investigates the architecture of cancellous
('spongy') bone in the main hindlimb bones of theropod dinosaurs, and uses cancellous …

Inferring locomotor behaviours in Miocene New World monkeys using finite element analysis, geometric morphometrics and machine-learning classification …

TA Püschel, J Marcé-Nogué… - Journal of the …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The talus is one of the most commonly preserved post-cranial elements in the platyrrhine
fossil record. Talar morphology can provide information about postural adaptations because …