Behaviour in Our Bones [electronic resource] : How Human Behaviour Influences Skeletal Morphology.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hirst, Cara S.

Contributor:

Gilmour, Rebecca J.

Cardoso, Francisca Alves.

Plomp, Kimberly A.

Language:

English

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (330 p.)

Place of Publication:

San Diego : Elsevier, 2023.

Contents:

Intro

Behaviour in our Bones: How Human Behaviour Influences Skeletal Morphology

Copyright

Contents

Contributors

Foreword

References

Chapter 1 Skeletons in action: Inferring behaviour from our bones

Chapter 2 Bone biology and microscopic changes in response to behaviour

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Bone anatomy and cells

2.2.1 Bone cells

2.3 Long bone micro-anatomy, modelling, and remodelling

2.4 Bone functional adaptation

2.5 Bone histology and behaviour in archaeological humans

2.6 Trabecular bone structure and behaviour

2.7 Conclusions

Acknowledgments

Chapter 3 Biosocial complexity and the skull

3.1 Introduction

3.2 The skull

3.2.1 Anatomy of the skull

3.2.2 Modularity and integration

3.3 Origins and dispersals

3.3.1 Evolution of the human skull

3.3.2 Population history

3.3.3 Gene flow and hybridisation

3.4 Transition to agriculture

3.4.1 Craniofacial gracilisation and globularisation

3.4.2 Dental size reduction

3.4.3 Plasticity, selection, and lifestyle changes

3.5 Adaptations to environmental changes

3.5.1 The impact of climate on the skull

3.5.2 Extreme cold environments

3.5.3 High-altitude adaptations

3.6 Culture and communication

3.6.1 Cultural modifications of the skull

3.6.2 Self-domestication and 'modernity'

3.6.3 Communication and the face

3.7 Summary and conclusion

Chapter 4 Activity and the shoulder: From soft tissues to bare bones

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Activity versus occupation

4.3 Entheses

4.4 Shoulder joint anatomy

4.4.1 The static stabilisers

4.4.2 The dynamic stabilisers

4.4.3 Anatomical summary

4.5 Studies of shoulder activity in modern contexts

4.6 Archaeological studies of activity and the shoulder

4.7 Synthesising clinical and bioarchaeological studies

4.8 Conclusions and future directions

Chapter 5 Archery and the arm

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Basic biomechanics: The kinesiology of archery

5.2.1 Draw arm

5.2.2 Bow arm

5.3 Common bone adaptation responses to archery

5.3.1 Degenerative joint disease (DJD)

5.3.2 Entheseal changes (EC)

5.3.3 Cross-sectional bone geometry (CSBG)

5.4 Injuries in modern archers

5.4.1 How common injuries might manifest on bone

5.4.1.1 Overuse

5.4.1.2 Rotator cuff disease and impingement

5.4.1.3 Lateral and medial Epicondylosis

5.5 Studies in biological anthropology

5.6 Conclusion

Acknowledgments

Chapter 6 Tool use and the hand

6.1 What behaviours are unique to the human hand?

6.2 Hominin hand morphology and tools in the past

6.3 Soft tissues

6.4 Soft tissue traces in the archaeological record

6.5 Internal bone morphology

6.6 Conclusions

Glossary

Chapter 7 Behaviour and the bones of the thorax and spine

7.1 Introduction

7.2 The human spine

7.3 The human thorax

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

7.4 Locomotion

Other Format:

Print version: Hirst, Cara S. Behaviour in Our Bones

ISBN:

9780128213841

0128213841

OCLC:

1369656669

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.