Provider: Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic TY - JOUR JO - Anthropologie (Brno) TI - Femoral Non-Metric Traits Reconsidered AU - Stirland AJ Y1 - 1996 VL - 34 IS - 3 PB - Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic SN - 0323-1119 SP - 249 EP - 252 KW - Non-metric variations KW - Male femur KW - Age KW - Activity KW - Environment KW - Statistical analysis N2 - N2 - Non-metric variations of the proximal male femur were recorded from two broadly contemporary skeletal groups in England. Analysis showed that these variations were related to age and to patterns of activity, rather than to biological affinity or distance. It is suggested that many such traits are strongly influenced by environment, rather than genetics. ER -