Two Australian researchers made the bizarre discovery while examining hundreds of X-rays of skulls, finding that about a third had bone growths.
The researchers referred to these growths as a "prominent exostosis ... emanating from the external occipital proturbance." Or, in layman's terms, a bone spur, located at the base of the skull.
The study, by Dr. David Shahar and Mark Sayers at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Australia, flew under the radar when it was published at the end of last year, but alast week on how modern life is transforming the human skeleton brought to light how the human body is changing with technology use.
The development of these growths may be attributed to, and explained by, extensive screen-time, the researchers said. Sustained "forward head flexion," or bending the head down, and poor posture could be the reasons for these physiological changes, they hypothesized.
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