Rühli, Frank J.; Blümich, Bernhard; Henneberg, Maciej - In: Economics & Human Biology 8 (2010) 2, pp. 289-290
The left tibia of Charlemagne, the Medieval "Father of Europe" has been X-rayed and CT scanned to determine his still highly debated stature. We found the healthy bone to be long (430Â mm) but rather not robust (total mid-shaft cross-sectional area 473Â mm2, cortical area 352Â mm2)....