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Microbial differences between dental plaque and historic dental calculus are related to oral biofilm maturation stage [PDF]

, 2019
Dental calculus, calcified oral plaque biofilm, contains microbial and host biomolecules that can be used to study historic microbiome communities and host responses.
CJ Adler, C Warinner, C Warinner, S Buckley, IM Velsko, J Hendy, ID Mandel, C Warinner, C Walker, V Zijnge, P Ramberg, D Belstrøm, PE Kolenbrander, WG Wade, SS Socransky, IM Velsko, SC Holt, M Umeda, BH Mullally, JW Lee, IM Velsko, LM Shaddox, AW Aruni, KL Cross, L Albayrak, S Yost, VM Barnes, JL Ebersole, S Yost, P Jorth, A Basic, RR Jersie-Christensen, T Imamura, LS Weyrich, AA Ribeiro, EL Gross, A Simón-Soro, Zachary D. Moye, O Manor, SM Dabdoub, D Belstrøm, RC Page, S Hillson, A Ogden, S Brooks, JL Buckberry, D Ferembach, CO Lovejoy, TW Phenice, LAF Frantz, P Skoglund, P Skoglund, M. Meyer, A Ginolhac, H Jónsson, A Peltzer, M Schubert, H Li, H Li, M Meyer, D Knights, N Segata, DT Truong, DH Parks, DH Parks, M Bastian, R Overbeek, DH Huson, MC Chambers, FE Dewhirst   +69 more
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Une nouvelle méthode de quantification des réactions périostées en paléopathologie : l’indice pondéré d’atteinte périostée (IPAP)

Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d’Anthropologie de Paris, 2006
In order to evaluate the level of periosteal reaction on an isolated bone, an affected individual or an ancient population, we propose a new quantification method, taking into account simultaneously (i) the degree of periosteal reaction (Periosteal ...
Micheline Lé, Yann Ardagna, Silvia Bello, Olivier Dutour   +3 more
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Das Skelett und die Geschichte(n) von Menschen : Methoden und Vorgehensweisen in der Anthropologie [PDF]

, 2003
Von der frühesten Kindheit an hören Menschen gerne Geschichten, am liebsten über sich selbst und ihresgleichen. Über Jahrtausende schon tradieren sich Märchen über Menschen und Sagengestalten, die einmal gelebt haben oder vielleicht auch nicht ...
Kreutz, Kerstin
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Spina Bifida Sacralis Occulta from Ancient Greek Sicily (Pozzanghera Necropolis, Leontinoi, 6th–4th Century BC): Anatomical, Anthropological and Ethnomedical Considerations on the Insular Presentation of this Congenital Anomaly

Anthropological Review, 2023
In this article a case of spina bifida sacralis occulta (SBSO) from the Pozzanghera necropolis of the ancient Greek colony of Leontinoi (Sicily) and archaeologically dated to the 6th–4th century BC is morphologically analysed and discussed.
Sebastiano Melintenda, Elena Varotto, Eleonora Pappalardo, Lorenzo Guzzardi, Veronica Papa, Dario Palermo, Francesco M. Galassi   +6 more
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Introduction. Shrines, substances and medicine in sub-Saharan Africa: archaeological, anthropological, and historical perspectives [PDF]

, 2016
This is the final version of the article. Available from Taylor & Francis via the DOI in this record.Whereas shrines in Africa, and to a lesser extent their links with medicine and healing, have been extensively studied by historians and anthropologists,
Insoll, T
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Confirmation of the presence of Mycobacterium-tuberculosis complex-specific DNA in three archaeological specimens [PDF]

, 2002
This journal published the first reported identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTE) DNA in ancient human remains but CONCERNS were raised about the article two years after publication.
Donoghue, HD, Greenbaltt, C, Lev, G, Matheson, C, Spigelman, M   +4 more
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Palaeopathology and its relevance to understanding health and disease today: the impact of the environment on health, past and present

Anthropological Review, 2016
This paper considers the discipline of palaeopathology, how it has developed, how it is studied, and what limitations present challenges to analysis.
Roberts Charlotte Ann
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Recovery of a medieval Brucella melitensis genome using shotgun metagenomics [PDF]

, 2014
Shotgun metagenomics provides a powerful assumption-free approach to the recovery of pathogen genomes from contemporary and historical material. We sequenced the metagenome of a calcified nodule from the skeleton of a 14th-century middle-aged male ...
Bandiera, Pasquale, Bianucci, Raffaella, Bramanti, Barbara, Giuffra, Valentina, Kay, Gemma L., Milanese, Marco, Pallen, Mark J., Sergeant, Martin J.   +7 more
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Skeletal pathologies in extant crocodilians as a window into the paleopathology of fossil archosaurs

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Crocodilians, together with birds, are the only extant relatives to many extinct archosaur groups, making them highly important for interpreting paleopathological conditions in a phylogenetic disease bracketing model. Despite this, comprehensive data on osteopathologies in crocodilians remain scarce.
Alexis Cornille, Kyla Beguesse, Ewan Wolff, Clemens Zinner, Patrick Asbach, François Clarac, Florian Witzmann   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

First diagnosis of septic arthritis in a dinosaur [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science, 2016
Identification and interpretation of pathologies in the fossil record allows for unique insights into the life histories of extinct organisms. However, the rarity of such finds limits not only the sample size for palaeopathologic studies, but also the ...
Jennifer Anné, Brandon P. Hedrick, Jason P. Schein   +2 more
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