{"product_id":"skeleton-keys-an-introduction-to-human-skeletal-morphology-development-and-analysis-9780195056389","title":"Skeleton Keys: An Introduction to Human Skeletal Morphology  Development  and Analysis","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn inquiry into why we should study and practice human osteology Skeleton Keys: An Introduction to Human Skeletal Morphology  Development  and Analysis is a unique  integrative textbook that is relevant to many different types of analyses and interests  including theoretical aspects of development as well as practical elements of classroom work  laboratory studies  and field situations routinely encountered by physical anthropologists  archaeologists  and forensic pathologists. Designed as much more than a manual on skeletal analysis  this book is as concerned with the foundations for the morphologies that osteologists typically study as with the analysis of the morphologies themselves. This book includes much more basic morphology than other osteology texts  and it also places emphasis on understanding the development of adult morphology  from the cellular levels of bone and tooth formation to the theoretical aspects of the determination of size and shape of these structures. Another area of concentration deals with how sexual difference  normal variation  and certain pathological conditions can be better understood in a developmental context. Because of this integrated presentation  particular information (for example  on variation in facet or foramen number  abnormalities in bone growth and regulation  sexually dimorphic features  and supernumerary structures) is included in the descriptions and discussions of individual bones and regions so that a fuller perspective of our own species Homo sapiens  can be achieved. In addition to offering practical aspects of analysis--such as determining age or sex  or taking measurements for the calculation of various indices--the author intersperses the text with theoretical discussions of the relevance of pursuing osteological analyses. Most importantly  whether in discussing the morphology and development of individual bones  the criteria often employed in the determination of age  sex  and populational affinity  or the differential diagnosis of diseases Skeleton Keys accomplishes much more than providing background information. Useful and accessible for students and researchers in physical  biological  medical  and methods anthropology  forensic pathology  and archaeology  Skeleton Keys presents osteology as a vibrant field with a plethora of research avenues waiting to be pursued  thereby encouraging readers to imagine and aspire to future possibilities in research and study.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67924657733685,"sku":"ByrdShop_0195056388","price":66.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780195056389.jpg?v=1794138919","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/skeleton-keys-an-introduction-to-human-skeletal-morphology-development-and-analysis-9780195056389","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}