Secular decline in limb bone strength among South African Africans during the 19th and 20th centuries.

Ian J WallaceD'Arcy MarshErik Otárola-CastilloBrendon K BillingsVictor MngomezuluFrederick E Grine

Published in: American journal of physical anthropology (2020)

Limb bone strength is thus potentially another feature of the skeletal biology of South African Africans that was compromised by poor living conditions during the 19th and 20th centuries.

Keyphrases

bone mineral density
soft tissue
bone loss
bone regeneration
machine learning
deep learning