Evaluating bacterial pathogen DNA preservation in museum osteological collections. [PDF]
Proc Biol Sci, 2006 Reports of bacterial pathogen DNA sequences obtained from archaeological bone specimens raise the possibility of greatly improving our understanding of the history of infectious diseases. However, the survival of pathogen DNA over long time periods is poorly characterized, and scepticism remains about the reliability of these data.
Barnes I, Thomas MG.
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Osteological Collections of the National Museum in Brazil: Challenges and New Perspectives for a Historical Collection [PDF]
Forensic Sciences, 2022 The National Museum of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (NM-UFRJ), Brazil, suffered a serious fire in 2018, resulting in the loss or severe damage of many collections. The human osteological collection, also affected, was one of the largest and oldest in the country, holding over two thousand entries from prehistoric to historic sites ...
Paulo Vítor Mendes +5 more
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Topical Collection “The Rise of Forensic Anthropology and Documented Human Osteological Collections” [PDF]
Forensic Sciences, 2022 The idea behind this Topical Collection derives from the growing interest in forensic sciences, specifically forensic anthropology and the study of human remains, supporting the argument that forensic anthropology has favored interest in Documented Human Osteological Collections (DHOCs) [...]
Francisca Alves Cardoso +2 more
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The Identified Skeletal Collection of the School of Legal Medicine: a contemporary osteological collection housed in Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain [PDF]
International Journal of Legal Medicine, 2023 AbstraOsteological collections are an important resource for the development of methods to assist in the study of skeletal remains in archeological and/or forensic contexts. The aim is to describe the current characteristics of the Identified Skeletal Collection of the School of Legal Medicine and its historical context.
Catherine Villoria Rojas +7 more
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Anthropological research on osteological collections of the Natural History Museum in Florence [PDF]
Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali Residente in Pisa Memorie serie B, 2012 n the second half of the nineteenth century, under the direction of Paolo Mantegazza, the National Museum of Anthropology and Ethnology of Florence (now Section of the Museum of Natural History) began to gather anthropological collections relating to people from all over the world.
M. Zavattaro +2 more
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Catalog of Osteological Collections of Aquatic Mammals from Mexico [PDF]
, 1991 This paper compiles available information on osteological and other anatomical specimens of at least 51 species of aquatic mammals (34 extant, one recently extinct and 16 fossil) collected in Mexico between 1868 and 1990 and housed in 29 scientific ...
Vidal, Omar
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Technical Note: The Forensic Anthropology Society of Europe (FASE) Map of Identified Osteological Collections [PDF]
Forensic Science International, 2021 Identified (documented) osteological collections represent an important resource in the development of forensic anthropology standards and methods as well as a precious tool for learning and training of practitioners. Even though the number of papers presenting identified collections worldwide increases, many of the collections have still not been ...
Petaros, Anja +17 more
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Osteological materials from Chechnya and Ingushetia in the collections of the MSU Research Institute and Museum of Anthropology [PDF]
Moscow University Anthropology Bulletin (Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seria XXIII. Antropologia), 2021 The article revises osteological collections from Chechnya and Ingushetia in the Anuchin Research Institute and Museum of Anthropology of the Lomonosov Moscow State University. Materials and methods.
Yakov B. Berezin +2 more
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The Identified Osteological Collections of South America and Their Ethical Dimensions [PDF]
Forensic Sciences, 2022 Recent years have brought an important increase in the interest in identified human osteological collections in South America. Their number has been systematically growing and their sizes have been expanding, allowing the development of the field of forensic anthropology, among other disciplines, in this region.
Cláudia R. Plens +2 more
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Malignancy in three medieval Polish osteological collections
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2021 : 8 This paper presents the archaeological skeletal remains of four adult females presenting with cranial lesions typical 9 of malignant neoplastic disease.
Siek, TJ +4 more
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