Bone histomorphology of the Dederiyeh Neanderthal child

Anthropological Science

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 247-256

  Sawada, Junmei ^a   Kondo, Osamu ^b   Nara, Takashi ^c   Dodo, Yukio ^a   Akazawa, Takeru ^d  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Sendai Medical Hospital   (Japan)

^d KOCHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Child; Dederiyeh; Histomorphometry; Neanderthal; Osteon

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; BONE METABOLISM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; FEMUR SHAFT; GENE CONTROL; HAVERSIAN CANAL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOADING TEST; MORPHOLOGY; OSSIFICATION; POPULATION DENSITY; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; THICKNESS;

EID: 12444287600     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.00094     Document Type: Article

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