Building Bones: Bone Formation and Development in Anthropology

Bone is the tissue most frequently recovered archaeologically and is the material most commonly studied by biological anthropologists, who are interested in how skeletons change shape during growth and across evolutionary time. This volume brings together a range of contemporary studies of bone growth and development to highlight how cross-disciplinary research and new methods can enhance our anthropological understanding of skeletal variation. The...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107122783
• ISBN13: 9781107122789
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 10.1"