Osteoporosis is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in contemporary populations.
This common disease of aging results from a state of bone fragility that occurs with low bone …

An accurate reconstruction of habitual activities in past populations and extinct hominin
species is a paramount goal of paleoanthropological research, as it can elucidate the …

Introduction to Forensic Anthropology provides comprehensive coverage of key methods
and issues in forensic anthropology. Using terminology and best practices recommended by …

Over the past two decades, many articles have been published on entheseal changes
(usually called 'Musculoskeletal Stress Markers') as activity markers in past societies. Over …

The study of sexual dimorphism in human crania has important applications in the fields of
human evolution and human osteology. Current, the identification of sex from cranial …

ABSTRACT A working group was established in 2009 during a workshop in Coimbra,
Portugal to review the various methodologies used to record entheseal changes (EC) and …

The lack of bone morphological markers associated with the human control of wild animals
has prevented the documentation of incipient animal domestication in archaeology. Here …

Identified skeletal collections, that is, skeletons for which sex, age at death and occupation at
death are known, have been used to test methods for recording entheseal changes (EC). By …

Objectives In anthropological sciences, entheses are widely utilized as occupational stress
markers. However, the reaction of entheseal surfaces to mechanical loading is not well …

The first objective of this study is to reconstruct levels and types of physical activity and
associated sexual and social differences using human skeletal remains from the …