Variation in human limb joint articular morphology.
Haley HorbalyMark HubbeAdam D SylvesterDawnie Wolfe SteadmanBenjamin M AuerbachPublished in: American journal of biological anthropology (2023)
The striking pattern of differential variance between articulating morphologies points to potential disparities in development between them. Consistently higher variance in concave surfaces may relate to chondral modeling theory for the formation of joints. Establishing intraspecific morphological variance patterns is a first step in understanding coordinated evolution among articular features.