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Adipositas and metabolic bone disorder in a 16th century Upper Austrian infant crypt mummy—An interdisciplinary palaeopathological insight into historical aristocratic life [PDF]
Frontiers in Medicine, 2022 We describe here the results of a multidisciplinary study on an infant mummy from 16th century Upper Austria buried in the crypt of the family of the Counts of Starhemberg. The macroscopic-anthropological, radiological (whole-body CT scan), histological (
Andreas G. Nerlich +4 more
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Osteopathology and insect traces in the Australopithecus africanus skeleton StW 431 [PDF]
South African Journal of Science, 2017 We present the first application of high-resolution micro computed tomography in an analysis of both the internal and external morphology of the lumbar region of StW 431 – a hominin skeleton recovered from Member 4 infill of the Sterkfontein Caves (South
Edward J. Odes +6 more
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Conellae, enigmatic structures on cephalopod shells—shapes, distribution, and formation [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2019 Conellae, enigmatic cone-shaped structures which can be found on the surface of internal moulds of cephalopod shells (predominantly of ammonoids), are regarded herein as the product of remote (biologically induced) biomineralization formed in closed-off ...
René Hoffmann +2 more
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Methodological aspects of differentiation of hyperostosis frontalis interna based on computed tomography of the skulls [PDF]
Вестник археологии, антропологии и этнографии, 2022 Hyperostosis frontalis interna (HFI) is a pathological condition characterized by bilateral thickening of the inner surface of the frontal bone. HFI is often an incidental finding during routine clinical examinations of patients by computed tomography ...
Buzhilova A.P. , Kolyasnikova A.S.
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Animals, 2022 There is no doubt that the cultural and urban environments contributed to the animal–human interaction in the daily life of the ancient Roman world. The singularity of the circumstances of the burial of Pompeii and Herculaneum, together with literary ...
Carmen Tanga +2 more
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Anthropological Review, 2023 The aim of this study is to present the pathological lesions observed in a skeleton (male, about 35–38 years old) from Radom (Poland), dated to the 18th–19th century. Bone changes were observed in both femurs and both pelvic bones.
Anna Myszka +4 more
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Acta Medica Lituanica, 2022 I this study, we examine human skeletal remains from the church of San Francis of Paola located in the small town of Sant’Angelo di Brolo, in the Italian region of Sicily.
Aurelija Kemežytė +1 more
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Frontiers in Earth Science, 2023 Paleopathological investigations of human remains from the Neolithic Hemudu culture in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River in southern East Asia were conducted to clarify the health status of people in early rice-farming societies.
Junmei Sawada +7 more
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Book review: Anne L. Grauer (ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Paleopathology [PDF]
Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 2023 This edited volume by Grauer and colleagues marks an update on the state of paleopathology as a field of study. The intent of this handbook is not to assist in the identification of pathological conditions and differential diagnoses, a focus already well
Robert J. Stark
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First glimpse of infectious diseases in medieval and early modern Estonia based on human osteological material [PDF]
Eesti Arheoloogiaajakiri, 2023 This paper deals with infectious diseases reflected on human skeletal remains from the period of the Northern Crusades in Estonia, i.e. from the 13th until the end of the 18th century.
Martin Malve
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