Human bones have lost density and become fragile since the dawn of agriculture, according to a new study that says increasingly sedentary lifestyles are to blame for the negative evolution.
Modern orangutans, whose bones are just as strong as those of hunter-gatherers from 7,000 years ago, help illustrate this point, according to the Cambridge University research team.
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