An anthropologist has inferred from osteological remains that a culture included mostly left-handed spear-throwing female hunters.  Remembering that bones are dynamic and respond to the stresses and strains placed on them, describe the specific skeletal evidence that implicates specific patterns of muscle activity that would lead them to this conclusion.

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An anthropologist has inferred from osteological remains that a culture included mostly left-handed spear-throwing female hunters.  Remembering that bones are dynamic and respond to the stresses and strains placed on them, describe the specific skeletal evidence that implicates specific patterns of muscle activity that would lead them to this conclusion.

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While bioarchaeology and forensic anthropology have different goals and purposes, they both rely on skeletal analysis to reveal information about the deceased. Whether they aim to determine more information regarding an individual deceased for thousands of years (bioarchaeologists) or one who died within the last year (forensic anthropologists)

 

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