Research Article

Application of Methods for a Morphological Analysis of the Femoral Diaphysis Based on Clinical CT Images to Prehistoric Human Bone: Comparison of Modern Japanese and Jomon Populations from Hegi Cave, Oita, Japan

Table 3

Types of femoral curvatures. The proportions of each type of curvature significantly differed among modern, Initial/Early, and Late Jomon Period populations.

Primary curvatureS-shaped curvature
LateralMedialLateral-medialMedial-lateral

Modern194230
Initial/Early Jomon0307
Late Jomon0014