Ongoing work in this area focuses on characterizing the patterns of postcranial skeletal development in humans and other primates. The primary goals of this work are to characterize normal skeletal development, to assess the variation within and between species in the timing and trajectory of development, and evaluate the role of locomotor and other behavioral loading in driving cortical and trabecular bone development.
Collaborating Researchers
Stefano Benazzi, University of Bologna
Publications
2020
Saers, J. P., Ryan, T.M., & Stock, J. T. Baby steps towards linking calcaneal trabecular bone ontogeny and the development of bipedal human gait. Journal of Anatomy 236: 474-492.
2018
Perchalski, B., Placke, A., Sukhdeo, S. M., Shaw, C. N., Gosman, J. H., Raichlen, D. A., Ryan, T. M. Asymmetry in the cortical and trabecular bone of the human humerus during development. Anatomical Record 301, 1012-1025.
2015
Raichlen, D., Gordon, A., Foster, A., Webber, J., Sukhdeo, S., Scott, R., Gosman, J., & Ryan, T. M. An ontogenetic framework linking locomotion and trabecular bone architecture with applications for reconstructing hominin life history. Journal of Human Evolution 80, 1-12.
2013
Gosman, J. H., Hubbell, Z. R., Shaw, C. N., & Ryan, T. M. Development of cortical bone geometry in the human femoral and tibial diaphysis. Anatomical Record 296, 774-787.