Skull deformations in craniosynostosis and endocrine disorders

Kozłowski, Tomasz; Cybulska, M.; Błaszczyk, Bartłomiej; Krajewska, Magdalena; Jeśman, Czesław

doi:10.1016/j.jchb.2014.08.001

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“…In the last instance of index usage, when the quotient of perpendicular measures is presented, it yields a value indicative of the circularity of an object. This type of index value is often lumped into wide ranges and general morphological categories used to describe modification (sometimes referred to as deformation) and premature suture fusion in the crania (Kozłowski et al, 2014; Šarkić & Milašinović, 2018), as well as degrees of habitual mobility and activity in the limbs (Pomeroy & Zakrzewski, 2009; Wescott, 2006). For example, in the crania, a skull that is longer than it is wide might be categorized as dolichocephalic, whereas a skull that is wider than its length might be grouped as hyperbrachycephalic (Bass, 2005).…”

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The changing shape of palaeopathology: The contribution of skeletal shape analyses to investigations of pathological conditions

Gilmour

Plomp

2022

American Journal of Biological Anthropology

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Analyses of human skeletal shape and geometry are used to investigate questions related to habitual activities and physical lifeways, as well as biological distance and relatedness. Recently, these methods have been applied to research concerning human evolutionary predisposition for disease, as well as functional experiences of pathological conditions. The use of these methods to address palaeopathological questions are relatively new, but related questions and approaches are gaining momentum. This manuscript provides an in‐depth review of the current state of this palaeopathological research by undertaking a meta‐analysis of anthropological literature. From the results of the meta‐analysis, we observe an increase in the use of quantitative shape analyses in palaeopathology, and identify four key themes in this literature: (1) description and diagnosis, (2) shapes that increase pathological risk, (3) shape change that arises from pathology, and (4) shape used for social insight. As this area of study develops, we recommend adaptations to measurement and data collection; comparative examinations of remains at the individual, population, and species levels; and, when possible, representation of all human variation through the inclusion of pathological individuals in geometric analyses. Palaeopathologists are ideally suited to investigate the relationship between bone shape and health, which may prove essential to the continued understanding of disease in both past and contemporary contexts.

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