Holocene skeletal samples challenge link between sedentary lifestyles and age-related bone weakening
Age-related changes in long bone diaphyseal cross sections. Credit: Charles University Research led by Vladimír Sládek sheds new light on how bones age, questioning long-standing assumptions that sedentary lifestyles are the primary cause of weakening bone strength in modern humans. The study analyzed 1,881 adult humeri, femora, and tibiae from European Holocene populations to examine
Tyisha Coby
October 11, 2025