Comments on: Your Shoulder Blades Tell How Old You’ll Be (May, 1938) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/09/26/your-shoulder-blades-tell-how-old-youll-be/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:33:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Rick Auricchio http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/09/26/your-shoulder-blades-tell-how-old-youll-be/comment-page-1/#comment-548523 Rick Auricchio Thu, 27 Sep 2007 03:44:30 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/09/26/your-shoulder-blades-tell-how-old-youll-be/#comment-548523 Aw, Blurgle, I was ready to have my wife check my shoulder blades...guess there's no need. Aw, Blurgle, I was ready to have my wife check my shoulder blades…guess there’s no need.

]]> By: Blurgle http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/09/26/your-shoulder-blades-tell-how-old-youll-be/comment-page-1/#comment-547081 Blurgle Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:58:59 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/09/26/your-shoulder-blades-tell-how-old-youll-be/#comment-547081 True! True!

]]> By: Stannous http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/09/26/your-shoulder-blades-tell-how-old-youll-be/comment-page-1/#comment-546331 Stannous Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:37:04 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/09/26/your-shoulder-blades-tell-how-old-youll-be/#comment-546331 But the important question is, which shape scapula makes a better sailboat? http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/09/25/would-you-believe-it-oddities-from-many-lands/ But the important question is, which shape scapula makes a better sailboat?

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]]> By: Blurgle http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/09/26/your-shoulder-blades-tell-how-old-youll-be/comment-page-1/#comment-546196 Blurgle Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:40:11 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/09/26/your-shoulder-blades-tell-how-old-youll-be/#comment-546196 Of course, at this time they hadn't quite figured out that bones change in shape as a person ages, and that the curve of the scapula actually increases with age. Anthropologists use the scapula shape along with the angle of the jaw (among other measurements) to estimate the age at death for unidentified deceased who are discovered as skeletal remains. It's an especially important tool for forensic anthropologists since many of the older methods (such as judging by the amount of arthritis) are wildly unreliable - an extremely thin woman who exercises many hours a day to keep herself thin will have on average the same amount of arthritis of the hip as an obese woman 30 years older. Of course, at this time they hadn’t quite figured out that bones change in shape as a person ages, and that the curve of the scapula actually increases with age.

Anthropologists use the scapula shape along with the angle of the jaw (among other measurements) to estimate the age at death for unidentified deceased who are discovered as skeletal remains. It’s an especially important tool for forensic anthropologists since many of the older methods (such as judging by the amount of arthritis) are wildly unreliable – an extremely thin woman who exercises many hours a day to keep herself thin will have on average the same amount of arthritis of the hip as an obese woman 30 years older.

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