There is a tremendous increase in the demand for converting biomaterials into high-quality
industrially manufactured human body parts, also known as medical implants. Drug delivery …

This review summarises current understanding of how bone is sculpted through adaptive
processes, designed to meet the mechanical challenges it faces in everyday life and athletic …

The development of the vertebrate skeleton reflects its evolutionary history. Cartilage
formation came before biomineralization and a head skeleton evolved before the formation …

Oxygen isotope analyses of skeletal remains (18 O/16 O, δ 18 O) are a powerful tool for
exploring major themes in bioarchaeology (the study of biological archaeological remains) …

Understanding how bones are innately designed, robustly developed and delicately
maintained through intricate anatomical features and physiological processes across the …

Functionally graded materials (FGMs) are innovative materials whose composition and/or
microstructure gradually vary in space according to a designed law. As a result, also the …

Many biological tissues, such as wood and bone, are fiber composites with a hierarchical
structure. Their exceptional mechanical properties are believed to be due to a functional …

Abstract “Wolff's law” is a concept that has sometimes been misrepresented, and frequently
misunderstood, in the anthropological literature. Although it was originally formulated in a …

The Archaeology of Human Bones provides an up to date account of the analysis of human
skeletal remains from archaeological sites, introducing students to the anatomy of bones …

The duality of the skeleton as both a biological and cultural entity has formed the theoretical
basis of bioarchaeology. In recent years bioarchaeological studies have stretched the early …