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Population Osteology

Population Osteology is a subfield of human osteology that systematically analyzes skeletal remains from past populations to infer biological, demographic, and health-related patterns through the application of population-level statistical and comparative methods.

152

Publications

9.2K

Citations

428

Authors

229

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

14

Parents

Publications

152

The Osteological Paradox: Problems of Inferring Prehistoric Health from Skeletal Samples [and Comments and Reply]

James W. Wood, George R. Milner, Henry Harpending et al. · Current Anthropology · 1992 · 1.3K citations

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A Population-Based Assessment of Rates of Bone Loss at Multiple Skeletal Sites: Evidence for Substantial Trabecular Bone Loss in Young Adult Women and Men

B. Lawrence Riggs, L. Joseph Melton, Richard A. Robb et al. · Journal of Bone and Mineral Research · 2007 · 534 citations · Full text

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Skeletal Biology of Past Peoples: Research Methods

Jaymie L. Brauer · Museum Anthropology · 1992 · 275 citations

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Skeletal biology in the Great Plains: migration, warfare, health, and subsistence

Choice Reviews Online · 1994 · 216 citations

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The Skeletal Biology of Earlier Human Populations

D. F. Roberts, Don Brothwell · Man · 1968 · 204 citations

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Authors

428

  1. DH
    Douglas H. Ubelaker

    Smithsonian Institution, United States

    4 publications · 1.5K citations

    4

    h-index

  2. DC
    Della Collins Cook

    Indiana University Bloomington, United States

    3 publications · 166 citations

    3

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  3. DL
    Debra L. Martin

    University of Nevada, Las Vegas, United States

    3 publications · 93 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. RD
    Robert D. Hoppa

    University of Manitoba, Canada

    3 publications · 330 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. RL
    Richard L. Jantz

    University of Tennessee at Knoxville, United States

    2 publications · 59 citations

    2

    h-index

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Institutions

229

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    333 citations

  2. University of Missouri

    Columbia, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    644 citations

  3. University of Coimbra

    Coimbra, Portugal

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    93 citations

  4. University of Cape Town

    Rondebosch, South Africa

    3 h-index

    11 publications

    412 citations

  5. Mayo Clinic

    Rochester, United States

    3 h-index

    12 publications

    5K citations

  6. Johns Hopkins Medicine

    Baltimore, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    296 citations

  7. University of New Mexico

    Albuquerque, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    193 citations

  8. Natural History Museum Vienna

    Vienna, Austria

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    230 citations

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Venues

  1. American Journal of Physical Anthropology

    30 publications · 2K citations

    24

    h-index

  2. Osteoporosis International

    9 publications · 365 citations

    9

    h-index

  3. PubMed

    Repository · 9 publications · 216 citations

    9

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  4. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

    8 publications · 224 citations

    8

    h-index

  5. Journal of Archaeological Science

    6 publications · 211 citations

    6

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