A new method for estimating skeletal age at death from the morphology of the auricular
surface of the ilium is presented. It uses a multiple regression analysis with dummy variables, …

Anatomically modern humans reached East Asia more than 40,000 years ago. However, key
questions still remain unanswered with regard to the route(s) and the number of wave(s) in …

Diversity of human body size and shape is often biogeographically interpreted in association
with climatic conditions. According to Bergmann's and Allen's rules, populations in regions …

We measured the calibers of the left and right internal jugular veins (IJV) and sizes of the left
and right transverse sinuses (TS) in 91 cadavers, compared them between the left and right …

Modern inhabitants of the Okinawa islands have been supposed to represent a relatively
close genealogical connection to the prehistoric Jomon and the indigenous Ainu, when …

We performed nerve fiber analysis of the nerve to the plantaris muscle in ten cases.
Macroscopically, the nerve to the plantaris muscle has a tendency to branch off from the tibial nerve …

Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the possibility that periarticular osteophytes
plays a role as a appendicular joint stress marker (JSM) which reflects the biomechanical …

Degenerative changes in six major limb joints were investigated to compare their prevalence
among five ancient skeletal populations from the Japan Islands. The populations assessed …

The aim of this study was to characterize the individuals with sacroiliac joint bridging (SIB)
by analyzing the degenerative changes in their whole vertebral column and comparing them …

The purpose of this study was to clarify the relevance of degenerative changes in the sacroiliac
joint (SIJ) and the joints in the lower limb and lumbar spine using age estimation methods…