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Biological and Physical Anthropology

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Metacarpals

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A Handy Study Of Secular Change In Metacarpals Using The Terry Collection And Utk Donated Skeletal Collection, Helen E. Martin May 2023

A Handy Study Of Secular Change In Metacarpals Using The Terry Collection And Utk Donated Skeletal Collection, Helen E. Martin

Masters Theses

Hand morphology reflects an individual’s physical interaction with the world around them. Technological innovation, improved nutrition and health, changes levels of physical activity, and other environmental factors provoke secular change in skeletal morphology. This study elaborates on previous secular change research that has documented the narrowing of the American skeletal form in recent American history, and it contributes new information to this field by focusing on metacarpals. By utilizing a dataset comprising individuals from the Robert J. Terry Collection (N=213) and adults from the UTK Donated Skeletal Collection (N=180), this study examines metacarpal morphology for secular change over a 170-year …


Laterality And Handedness: Analysis Of Metacarpal Cross-Sectional Geometry In Archaic Populations, Sarah A. Hall May 2014

Laterality And Handedness: Analysis Of Metacarpal Cross-Sectional Geometry In Archaic Populations, Sarah A. Hall

Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects

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