The aim of our research is to document osteocyte lacuna density (OCD) and its biological
significance among humans of known life history. Twelve human midshaft femurs obtained …

In order to study the impact of ecology on life history evolution, paleobiologists have begun
to take a cue from dendrochronology, and have increasingly been making use of …

The circum-annual rhythm and continuous growth of cementum throughout life offer an
exciting window of potential life-history information recorded in the shape, texture, and …

Extracting life history information from mineralized hard tissues of extant and extinct species
is an ongoing challenge in evolutionary and conservation studies. Primary lamellar bone is …

Le colloque «Perspectives sur l'évolution des vertébrés: thèmes et problèmes» a été
organisé en juin dernier au Collège de France (Paris) en hommage au Professeur Armand …

Various natural patterns—such as terrestrial sand dune ripples, lamellae in vertebrate
bones, growth increments in fish scales and corals, aortas and lamellar corpuscles in …

Abstract According to the Havers-Halberg Oscillation hypothesis (HHO), evidence of a
metabolic biorhythm retained in enamel as Retzius periodicity (RP) positively correlates with …

He was born on 23 December 1938 in Brussels, Belgium. He obtained his first university
degree in natural sciences from the University of Paris in 1960, and his doctorate in 1963 …