The Effect of Novel Environments on Modern American Skeletons.

The article presents a report on the research to examine the influence of specific environmental factors on skeletal morphology of Americans. Topics discussed include focus on sature and weight to establish relationship between biological and environmental variables, collection of skeletal data from Forensic Data Bank (FDB) to obtain osteological information and studies related to postcranial changes including anteroposterior elongation of the femoral midshaft.