Morphological changes in the human mandible associated with the presence of exostoses: A cross-sectional study in two archaeological populations from southern France.

ABSTRACT: This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate morphological changes in the human mandible in archaeological collections associated with the presence of bony exostoses at the mandibular angle, which is described in the literature as related to specific behaviours of the masticatory apparatus like parafunctional activities. The skeletal sample investigated comprised adult individuals from two archaeological series. Sixteen measurements of the mandible were selected to evaluate anatomic variation in the two populations. Mandibles from both series were pooled for statistical analysis into two groups according to the number of exostoses at the mandibular angles: group 1 (number of exostoses ≤1) and group 2 (number of exostoses ≥ 2). Measurements could be made on eighty mandibles. A statistica

SUBMITTER: Casazza E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11819550 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature