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'They discovered that there were lesions apparent in both groups of males, such as the bony attachment site for the biceps muscle, meaning regardless of whether
by InglorionG 11y ago
'They discovered that there were lesions apparent in both groups of males, such as the bony attachment site for the biceps muscle, meaning regardless of whether the man was an archer or not, he had well-developed upper forearm muscles. “These common alterations refer to an activity that was widespread among the whole male population,” Tihanyi and colleagues write, although they do not know exactly what that activity was.'
Aside from the humorous implication of this paragraph, I wonder what activity it was. Sword-swinging? Some kind of repetitive work?
Bioarchaeology is so cool.
- zyxley 11y agoI would suspect something to do with farming, given that that was the usual job of the majority of the European population at the time.
- planfaster 11y ago> I wonder what activity it was. I'm going to guess: tilling land, carrying stuff (like their equipment) everywhere, and soldier training drills. First guess could be off, I'm unable to read the article from where I am.