Bone loss markers in the earliest pacific islanders

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• who: Justyna J. Miszkiewicz from the SchoolNational University have published the research: Bone loss markers in the earliest Pacific Islanders, in the Journal: Scientific Reports Scientific Reports
• what: The authors report the first microscopic record of bone loss characteristics in archaeological femora representing some of the earliest Pacific Islanders. While the authors cannot provide one aetiological explanation for the occurrence of bone metabolic conditions in the sample , the authors propose that a combination of lifestyle factors such as nutrition, and genetic predisposition played a role in the poor Tongan bone metabolism.
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