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Article: New physical anthropology data have been reported by scientists at University of Saskatchewan.
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- Life Science Weekly
- Article date:
- April 21, 2009
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"This evaluation of musculoskeletal stress markers (MSMs) in the Cis-Baikal focuses on upper limb activity reconstruction among the region's middle Holocene foragers, particularly as it pertains to adaptation and cultural change. The five cemetery populations investigated represent two discrete groups separated by an 800-1,000 year hiatus: the Early Neolithic (8000-7000/6800 cal," scientists in Saskatoon, Canada report (see also Physical Anthropology).
"BP) Kitoi culture and the Late Neolithic/Bronze Age (6000/5800-4000 cal. BP) Isakovo-Serovo-Glaskovo (ISG) cultural complex. Twenty-four upper limb MSMs are investigated not only to gain a better understanding of ...