Fluctuating asymmetry, the random deviation from perfect symmetry, is a widely used
population-level index of developmental instability, developmental noise, and robustness. It …

Bioarchaeological (the study of archeological human remains together with contextual and
documentary evidence) offers a unique vantage point to examine variation in skeletal …

Biomechanics theory provides new ways to reconstruct behavior in past populations.
Application of biomechanical beam models to long bone diaphyses has proven to be a …

The intensification of agriculture is often associated with declining mobility and bone
strength through time, although women often exhibit less pronounced trends than men. For …

Analyses of upper limb bone bilateral asymmetry can shed light on manipulative behavior,
sexual division of labor, and the effects of economic transitions on skeletal morphology. We …

The transition to farming brought on a series of important changes in human society,
lifestyle, diet and health. The human bioarchaeology of the agricultural transition has …

Asymmetry of the human axial skeleton has received much less attention that of the limb
skeleton. Pelvic morphology is subject to multiple selective factors, including bipedal …

Early life conditions play an important role in determining adult body size. In particular,
childhood malnutrition and disease can elicit growth delays and affect adult body size if …

Hand bone morphology is regularly used to link particular hominin species with behaviors
relevant to cognitive/technological progress. Debates about the functional significance of …

Abstract Objectives Humans display an 85–95% cross‐cultural right‐hand bias in skilled
tasks, which is considered a derived behavior because such a high frequency is not …