ABSTRACT
Here we consider stature, growth and bone cross-sectional geometry. Estimation of stature is mainly done by measuring the lengths of longbones and then using mathematical formulae to estimate standing height. We can measure bone size in children and plot it against estimated age to investigate growth in earlier populations. Both growth in children and adult stature are indices of the nutrition and health of a population during childhood. Because bone adapts to the mechanical forces placed upon it, quantification of aspects of limb-bone cross sectional geometry, normally captured with the aid of medical imaging techniques, can be used to study aspects of physical activity regimes in past populations.
