2023
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3175490/v1
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Insight into age-related changes of the human facial skeleton based on medieval European osteological collection

Anna Walczak,
Marta Krenz-Niedbała,
Sylwia Łukasik

Abstract: Aging changes in the facial skeleton are concentrated mostly in orbits, maxilla and mandible. The aim of this study was to analyze metric traits of the adult viscerocranium in a medieval sample from Cedynia (Poland, Central Europe) and confront the results with literature data for modern populations. It was assumed that diet-related greater biomechanical forces generated during mastication in medieval versus modern times led to slower rate of bone resorption with age. 3D models of the facial skeleton were crea… Show more

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