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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
Volume 150, Issue 1, Pages 29-37Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22120
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stature; body mass; long bone structure; mandibular structure; cortical bone
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The study of juvenile skeletal remains can yield important insights into the health, behavior, and biological relationships of past populations. However, most studies of past skeletal growth have been limited to relatively simple metrics. Considering additional skeletal parameters and taking a broader physiological perspective can provide a more complete assessment of growth patterns and environmental and genetic effects on those patterns. We review here some alternative approaches to ontogenetic studies of archaeological and paleontological skeletal material, including analyses of body size (stature and body mass) and cortical bone structure of long bone diaphyses and the mandibular corpus. Together such analyses can shed new light on both systemic and localized influences on bone growth, and the metabolic and mechanical factors underlying variation in growth. Am J Phys Anthropol 150:29-37, 2013. (C)2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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