Dynamic bone remodeling in Later Pleistocene fossil hominids

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 585-601

  Abbott, Stephen ^a   Trinkaus, Erik ^b,c   Burr, David B ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; Bone remodeling; Histomorphometry; Neandertal

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE REMODELING; BONE TURNOVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOMINID; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOCLAST; OSTEOLYSIS; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY;

AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BONE REMODELING; DIAPHYSES; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; TIBIA;

EID: 0029939439     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199604)99:4<585::AID-AJPA5>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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