骨の健康:過去9000年のヨーロッパホロセンのヒトの体構造の年齢関連の変化

Vladimír Sládek¹, Martin Hora¹, Cara Wall-Scheffler^2,3

¹Department of Anthropology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viničná 7, 128 43 Prague, Czech Republic.

Science advances

|September 5, 2025

まとめ

ホロセーン時代のヨーロッパ人の骨の強さの老化は骨の膨張が骨の成長を上回り肢体を弱めていることを示しています上肢の骨,特に腰骨は年齢に関連した骨の喪失に最も脆弱です.

科学分野:

古人類学
生物考古学
骨格生物学

背景:

静止型ライフスタイルは,ヒトの骨の強さの衰えの原因として議論されています.
骨の老化を理解するには寿命と集団間の骨格の変化を調べる必要があります

研究の目的:

体強度と皮質の骨の損失の年齢関連の変化を評価する.
骨の老化を比較する初期ホロセーンと後期ホロセーンと後期ホロセーンと後期ホロセーンと後期ホロセーンと後期ホロセーン

主な方法:

ヨーロッパのホロセンのサンプルから採取した1881年の成人の腹部,股関節,骨の分析.
半身の強度,髄膜の面積,骨の総面積の評価
骨の老化パターンの比較

主要な成果:

初期ホロセンの成人と後期ホロセンの成人の間では,体老化のパターンが異なっていなかった.
成人の骨の老化には,骨髄の膨張が,骨盤下部部位に比例する.
女性の腹部と骨の強さは年齢とともに減少したが,女性の股関節や男性の腹部では減少しなかった.
ヒュメリは,股骨と骨に比べて,年齢に関係するより高い感受性を示した.

結論:

産後成長は成人の髄膜の膨張を補うために重要です.
腹筋の老化は上肢の骨の強度,特に腕骨に大きく影響します.
骨の老化は複雑なプロセスで身体活動のレベル以外にも影響があります

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