Edited book under contract with Springer History & Archaeology, due 2027: Miszkiewicz JJ, Cooke KM. Ancient Human Bone Histology: Perspectives from Asia and Oceania

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This multidisciplinary book addresses three lines of evidence (medieval, contemporary, and epigenetic) regarding the effect of human socio-economic status on bone health. It provides an overview of the extent to which human social background affects adult bone quality and quantity, and makes recommendations for future skeletal biology research into lifestyle-related musculoskeletal disorders. Get it here

SELECTED relevant PUBLICATIONS from our group members

Cooke KM, Pearce I, Aland RC, Louys J, Mahoney P, Miszkiewicz JJ. Accepted.  Evaluating Haversian canal-to-osteon ratios for reconstructing bone remodelling activity: balancing precision and efficiency in data collection. Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism

Miszkiewicz JJ, Godinho RM, Sohler-Snoddy AM, Pasda K, Détroit F, Mahoney P, Rathgeber T, Posth C, Uthmeier T, Barbieri A. 2026. Early development of Neanderthals revealed through virtual microanatomy Royal Society Open Science ​13 (6): 260485 LINK (OA)

Miszkiewicz JJ, Wilson LAB, Cooke K, Hardiman R. 2026 Early View. Scaling relationships between Haversian canal-to-secondary osteon and midshaft femur cortical-to-total area in a human autopsy sample. Journal of Anatomy LINK (OA)

Boucher C, Hussin D, Miszkiewicz JJ, Bolunia MJLA, De Leon AS, Peñalosa AL, Pagulayan PS, Soranio V, Oxenam M, Vlok M. 2026. Nutritional deficiency contributing to physical impairment of an individual in the Metal Period Philippines (~2000-1800BP). International Journal of Osteoarchaeology LINK (OA)

Miszkiewicz JJ, Cooke KM, Reid HE, Louys J. 2026. Interdisciplinarity of secondary osteons: relevance of bioarchaeological and palaeontological research in biomedical cortical bone histology studies. Bone Reports 28: 101893 LINK (OA)
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​Koh NYY, Miszkiewicz JJ, Fac ML, Wee NKY, NA Sims. 2024 Preclinical rodent models for human bone disease including a focus on cortical bone. Endocrine Reviews 45(4):493–520 LINK (OA)

Pedersen LT, Miszkiewicz J, Cheah LC, Willis A, Domett KM. 2024. Age‐dependent change and intraskeletal variability in secondary osteons of elderly Australians. Journal of Anatomy 244(6): 1078-1092 LINK (OA)

Miszkiewicz JJ, Buckley HR, Feldman M, Kiko L, Carlhoff S, Naegele K, Bertolini E, Dias Guimaraes NR, Walker MM, Powell A, Posth C, Kinaston RL. 2022. Female bone resilience in a past Polynesian outlier community. Scientific Reports 12: 18857 (OA) LINK

Cooke KM, Mahoney P, Miszkiewicz JJ. 2022. Secondary osteon variants and remodelling in human bone. The Anatomical Record 305(6): 1299–1315  LINK 

Drew ER, Mahoney P, Miszkiewicz JJ. 2021. Osteocyte lacuno-canalicular microstructure across the midshaft femur in adult males from Medieval England. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 31(2): 176–187​ LINK

Miszkiewicz JJ, Valentin F, Vrahnas C, Sims NA, Vongsvivut P, Tobin MJ, Clark G. 2021. Bone loss markers in the earliest Pacific islanders. Scientific Reports 11: 3981 LINK (OA)

Miszkiewicz JJ, Cooke KM. 2019. Socio-economic determinants of bone health from past to present. Clinical Reviews in Bone and Mineral Metabolism  17: 109–22 LINK 

Miszkiewicz JJ, Mahoney P. 2019. Histomorphometry and cortical robusticity of the adult human femur. Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism 37(1): 90–104  LINK

Walker M, Street E, Pitfield R, Miszkiewicz JJ, Brennan-Olsen S, Mahoney P. 2019. Ancient human bone microstructure case studies from medieval England. In: Miszkiewicz JJ, Brennan-Olsen S, Riancho JA. Bone Health: A reflection of the Social Mosaic. Springer Medicine: Singapore. pp. 35–52  LINK 

Miszkiewicz JJ, Stewart TJ, Deter CA, Fahy G, Mahoney P. 2019. Skeletal health in medieval societies: Insights from bone collagen stable isotopes and dental histology. In: Miszkiewicz JJ, Brennan-Olsen S, Riancho JA. Bone Health: A reflection of the Social Mosaic. Springer Medicine: Singapore. pp. 15–32 LINK 
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Brennan-Olsen SL, Riancho JA, Miszkiewicz JJ. 2019. The social context of bone health: conclusions and future directions. Miszkiewicz JJ, Brennan-Olsen S, Riancho JA. Bone Health: A reflection of the Social Mosaic. Springer Medicine: Singapore. pp. 177–181 LINK

Miszkiewicz JJ. 2019. The effect of English Medieval socio-economic status inequality on bone health – what can we learn for the living? In: Miszkiewicz JJ, Brennan-Olsen S, Riancho JA. Bone Health: A reflection of the Social Mosaic. Springer Medicine: Singapore. pp. 3–15 LINK 

Miszkiewicz JJ, Mahoney P. 2016. Ancient human bone microstructure in medieval England: Comparisons between two socio-economic groups. The Anatomical Record 299: 42–59. LINK

Miszkiewicz JJ. 2016. Investigating histomorphometric relationships at human femoral midshaft in a biomechanical context. Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism 34: 179–92 LINK

Miszkiewicz JJ. 2015. Linear enamel hypoplasia and age-at-death at Medieval (11th-16th centuries) St. Gregory's Priory and Cemetery, Canterbury, UK. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 25: 79–87. LINK​

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SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

August 2026 - 22nd Congress of the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists, Melbourne, Australia:
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• Meyrick P, Wilson LAB, Miszkiewicz JJ. Submitted. Inequality embodied? A systematic review of the spatial and temporal variation of bone health and socioeconomic status. 
• Michelman L, Domett K, Anscomb H, Trollope A, Miszkiewicz J. A Bone to Teach: A novel application of the Oxford Histological Index and collagen birefringence qualitative analysis across three preparation stages of skeletal material from human donors. ​
• Cooke KC, Miszkiewicz JJ. Systemic bone remodelling assessment and cancer (differential) diagnosis in ancient human remains. ​
• Stewart TJ, Schotsmans EMJ, McFarlane G, Mahoney P, Miszkiewicz JJ.  Intra-skeletal variation in cortical bone microstructure: A comparative study of the rib and femur. 
• Stewart TJ, Schotsmans EMJ, McFarlane G, Mahoney P, Miszkiewicz JJ. Assessing variation in bone histological parameters between serial human rib midshaft cross-sections. 
• Miszkiewicz J.  Persistent challenges with age-at-death estimation using human cortical bone histology. 
• ​Miszkiewicz JJ. Ethical stewardship of ancient bone histology collections. Invited talk for symposium by Aland C, Woods S: Praxis and practice: Stewardship of human tissue originating outside body donor programs. 

​Miszkiewicz JJ. May 2026. Social determinants of health in bioarchaeology. Australian Theoretical Archaeology Group​ Conference, Adelaide, Australia

Cooke KM, McFadden C, Mahoney P, Miszkiewicz JJ. Apr 2026. Lower bone remodelling and earlier mortality in females: A historical example.  26th World Congress on Osteoporosis Osteoarthritis & Musculoskeletal Diseases, Prague, Czech Republic

Cooke KM, Pearce I, Mahoney P, Miszkiewicz JJ. Dec 2025. Haversian canal-to-osteon ratios in bone remodelling evaluation: balancing precision and efficiency in data collection. ​Australasian Society for Human Biology conference, Auckland, New Zealand

Pearce I, Miszkiewicz J, Aland RC. Nov 2025. Age and Socioeconomic Status Effects on Medieval Female Cortical Bone Remodelling. 64th Australian Society for Medical Research Conference, Brisbane, Australia

Miszkiewicz JJ, Hardiman R. Sept 2025. Anatomical and histological allometry of the human femur. National Conference of the Polish Anthropological Society, Poznan, Poland

Reid H, Miszkiewicz JJ. June 2025. A preliminary histological guide for distinguishing human and non-human bone in Australian contexts. 10th World Archaeological Congress, Darwin, Australia.