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Breathing time: a longue-durée multidisciplinary study of respiratory illnesses and airborne diseases in Switzerland (16th–21st century CE)

Homo
This research is the first of its kind to assess of the impact of respiratory illnesses and airborne diseases (acronymized as “RIAD” hereafter) on Swiss mortality in the long run, between the 16th and the 21st century CE.
Tobias Hofstetter, Aude Fauvel, Silke Grabherr, Negahnaz Moghaddam   +3 more
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A possible case of Crouzon syndrome in a female figurine from Bracara Augusta from the 2nd century CE

Antropologia Portuguesa
Artworks are not just objects of beauty but also historical documents that can reveal diseases unknown to ancient physicians, such as congenital disorders.
Maria do Sameiro Barroso
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New partial skeleton of Homo habilis from the upper Burgi Member, Koobi Fora Formation, Ileret, Kenya

The Anatomical Record, Volume 309, Issue 3, Page 485-545, March 2026.
Abstract KNM‐ER 64061 is a partial skeleton from the upper Burgi Member of the Koobi Fora Formation (2.02–2.06 Ma) associated taphonomically and geochemically with a nearly complete mandibular dentition (KNM‐ER 64060) attributed to Homo habilis.
Frederick E. Grine, Deming Yang, Ashley S. Hammond, William L. Jungers, Michael R. Lague, Carrie S. Mongle, Osbjorn M. Pearson, Meave G. Leakey, Louise N. Leakey   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Investigation of Hyperostosis Frontalis Interna in a Modern Anatomical Body Donor Population

Clinical Anatomy, Volume 39, Issue 2, Page 211-233, March 2026.
ABSTRACT This research sought to examine the prevalence and severity of hyperostosis frontalis interna (HFI) in the Chicagoland anatomical body donor population. The study further aimed to elucidate potential demographic risk factors for HFI, including sex, age at death, and structural vulnerability index (SVI), as well as any common comorbidities, as ...
Amy C. Beresheim, Amanda Hall
wiley   +1 more source

Dental Stigmata and Skeletal Lesions of Congenital Treponematosis in Early Agricultural Vietnam (4000–3500 bp)

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 36, Issue 2, Page 401-413, March/April 2026.
ABSTRACT Prior research has documented treponematosis at a single site in Mainland Southeast Asia from northern Vietnam dated to the early agricultural transition (~4000–3500 bp). To date, no other cases in Southeast Asia's prehistory have been identified.
Melandri Vlok, Tran Thi Minh, Nicola Czaplinski, Hallie Buckley, Kate Domett, Hiep Hoang Trinh, Nguyen Thi Mai Huong, Nghia Thi Huu, Do Thi Kim Dung, Nguyen Thi Sau, Nguyen Phuong Thao, Do Thi Lan, Phan Thi Kim An, Luong Hong Phuoc, Hirofumi Matsumura, Marc Oxenham   +15 more
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Palaeopathology in Britain: a critical analysis of publications with the aim of exploring recent trends (1997-2006)

, 2009
This study collects data from three major journals and analyses them in order to assess the recent (1997-2006) nature of the study of palaeopathology within Britain. It considers the types of study published (case, population or method), whether findings
C. A. Roberts, V. M. Park, Roberts, CA., T. Jakob, Park, V., Jakob, T.   +5 more
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CT-scans of pathological cranial fragments from Barmaz II, Neolithic Switzerland: a differential diagnosis

UISPP Journal, 2019
Whilst undertaking a paleoepidemiological study of the neolithic and Bell Beaker culture populations of western Switzerland, a strange case was uncovered in the necropolis of Barmaz II.
Claudine Abegg, Jocelyne Desideri, Olivier Dutour, Marie Besse   +3 more
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Paleopathology in archaeological faunal remains: a new approach

, 1994
Gross pathological lesions have been noted in the literature on non-human archaeological animal remains since the mid 19th century. In the last 20 years the accumulation of research into human skeletal remains has engendered a dynamic palaeopathological ...
Clark, Kathleen Mary
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Listening to the kids: the value of childhood palaeopathology for the study of rural Roman Britain

, 2017
Childhood palaeopathology remains an underutilised resource in the study of Roman Britain, particularly for exploring the lives of the rural population.
Anna Rohnbogner, Rohnbogner, Anna
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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 ...
Milanese, Marco, Pallen, Mark J., Gemma L. Kay, Mark J. Pallen, Bandiera, P., Giuffra, V., Kay, LG., Valentina Giuffra, Kay, Gemma L, Bramanti, Barbara, Barbara Bramanti, Raffaella Bianucci, Sergeant, Martin J, Pallen, MJ., Martin J. Sergeant, Sergeant, Martin J., Milanese, M., Bandiera, Pasquale, Giuffra, Valentina, Sergeant, MJ., Bramanti, B., Kay, Gemma L., Bianucci, Raffealla, Pasquale Bandiera, Marco Milanese, Bianucci, Raffaella   +25 more
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