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Brief Communication: Bone Remodeling Rates in Pleistocene Humans are not Slower Than the Rates Observed in Modern Populations: A Reexamination of Abbott et al. (1996)

A study examined the veracity of bone remodeling rates for the Pleistocene humans proposed by Abbott et al. Data were obtained from using bone histomorphometry applied to the lower limb cortical bone of Pleistocene humans to determine age at demise and establish bone remodeling rates. Osteon dens...

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Published in:American Journal of Physical Anthropology Vol. 141; no. 2; pp. 315 - 319
Main Authors: Streeter, Margaret, Stout, Sam, Trinkaus, Erik, Burr, David
Format: Article
Published: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. February 2010
Subjects:
Paleontology > Pleistocene
Hominids
Fossil bones
Skeletal maturity
Histology methodology
Native Americans
Anthropometry
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