Palaeopathology of sub-adults from Gonur-Depe (Turkmenistan)
Вестник археологии, антропологии и этнографии, 2016 The palaeopathological study of sub-adult sample comprising 215 individuals from Gonur-depe Bronze Age site (Bactria-Margiana archaeological complex, Turkmenistan) has shown predominance of dental diseases and indicators of anemia compared to other ...
Kufterin V.V.
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Frontiers in Earth Science, 2023 Though archaeological and historical-document evidences for the cliff necropolises in ancient China were reported in literature, the bioarchaeological analysis for them is still absent.
Yan Zhang +4 more
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The predictive power of palaeopathology
The Lancet Microbe, 2023 As palaeopathologists, we could not agree more with AbdulRahman A Saied and colleagues' statement that “[a]nalysis of historical specimens will deepen our understanding of virus evolution, enhancing our ability to predict and interpret the impact of various genetic changes.”1 We also value their reference to the potential antiquity of coronaviruses, as
Galassi F. M., Habicht M. E., Varotto E.
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Osteoporosis and vertebral trabecular bone health: an historico-anthropological perspective
Anthropological Review, 2023 This brief review article aims to recapitulate the history of osteoporosis from the most ancient observations to the current clinical definition, by offering a perspective on trabecular bone health and degeneration, which has become of paramount ...
Francesco M. Galassi, Elena Varotto
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Osteopathology and insect traces in the Australopithecus africanus skeleton StW 431
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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Osteological and Biomolecular Evidence of a 7000-Year Old Case of Hypertrophic Pulmonary Osteopathy Secondary to Tuberculosis from Neolithic Hungary [PDF]
, 2013 Seventy-one individuals from the late Neolithic population of the 7000-year-old site of Hódmezővásárhely-Gorzsa were examined for their skeletal palaeopathology.
Besra, Gurdyal S. +8 more
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Maladie hyperostosique et maladie goutteuse, une diathèse familiale en Normandie : Thaon, Calvados
Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d’Anthropologie de Paris, 2007 The architectural analysis and the complete archaeological survey of the old Saint Pierre parish church in Thaon (Calvados, France), dated to between the 7th and the 18th centuries, are in progress.
Joël Blondiaux +4 more
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Syndactyly in Pigs: A Review of Previous Research and the Presentation of Eight Archaeological Specimens [PDF]
, 2011 This paper reviews evidence for the rare condition of porcine syndactyly. It describes eight archaeological examples from Britain, Northern Ireland and France. Syndactyly refers to the partial or complete fusion of two or more adjacent phalanges on the
Adrian +108 more
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Roy Lee Moodie (1880-1934) and the beginnings of palaeopathology [PDF]
, 2015 Roy Lee Moodie was a geologist whose interest in ancient disease was stimulated by his finding of pathological change in some of the fossils that he studied, including many from the Rancho La Brea site in California.
Waldron, T
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HHARP: The Historical Hospital Admission Records Project – a review
Internet Archaeology, 2018 Hospital records have frequently been used in epidemiological research (Kilgore et al. 2017; Rushton 2016), and in some cases palaeopathological research.
Cara Hirst
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