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Tuberculosis in medieval and early modern Denmark:A paleoepidemiological perspective [PDF]
Millions of people worldwide have sickened and died from tuberculosis in recent centuries. Yet for most of human existence, the impact of tuberculosis on society is largely unknown.
Boldsen, Jesper Lier +3 more
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Missing data in bioarchaeology I: A review of the literature [PDF]
Abstract Objectives Missing data are a frequent and unavoidable challenge in bioarchaeological research, yet researchers seldom make explicit statements about the bias and inferential limitations that missing data introduce into their studies. There are no guidelines for best practices for the treatment or reporting of missing data.
Wissler A, Blevins K, Buikstra J.
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First Paleogenetic Evidence of Probable Syphilis and Treponematoses Cases in the Brazilian Colonial Period. [PDF]
Despite interest in the origins of syphilis, paleopathological analysis has not provided answers, and paleogenetic diagnosis remains a challenge. Even venereal syphilis has low infectivity which means there are few circulating bacteria for most of the individual’s life.
Guedes L +5 more
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Paleoepidemiological Patterns of Interpersonal Aggression in a Prehistoric Central California Population from CA-ALA-329 [PDF]
Interpersonal aggression is assessed paleoepidemiologically in a large skeletal population from the CA-ALA-329 site located on the southeastern side of San Francisco Bay, California.
Atwood, Melinda +6 more
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Paleopathology of human tuberculosis and the potential role of climate. [PDF]
Both origin and evolution of tuberculosis and its pathogens (Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex) are not fully understood. The paleopathological investigation of human remains offers a unique insight into the molecular evolution and spread including correlative data of the environment. The molecular analysis of material from Egypt (3000–500 BC), Sudan (
Nerlich AG, Lösch S.
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Assessing the association of skeletal indicators of stress with mean age‐at‐death in sub‐adults
A graphic representation of the factors associated with developing skeletal indcators with reference to prevalance of indicators in the medieval Gaelic population of Ballyhanna. Abstract Objectives The present study investigated the association of skeletal indicator of stress presence with mean age‐at‐death as a means of understanding whether commonly ...
Bronwyn Wyatt +3 more
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Survivorship and the second epidemiological transition in industrial‐era London
Survivorship curves with 95% confidence intervals for pre‐industrial versus industrial London. Abstract Objectives The second epidemiological transition describes a shift in predominant causes of death from infectious to degenerative (non‐communicable) diseases associated with the demographic transition from high to low levels of mortality and ...
Samantha L. Yaussy +2 more
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Bacterial pathogens not primarily affecting the skeleton but causing sepsis and death, have not been systematically studied in prehistoric human populations, although increasing evidence support our species long co-evolution with many of them.
Pfister, Luz-Andrea
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Abstract A wide number of factors can affect the structure of the bones in the foot. In bioarchaeology, few studies about foot anomalies include population comparisons and changes across time. We aimed to identify normal and pathological variability that affected the foot in the recent history of West Mediterranean populations. Thus, we analyzed change
Eduardo Saldías +6 more
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Abstract Blessed Egidio was a revered Catholic friar who lived in Basilicata (southern Italy) between the 15th and 16th centuries A.D. His natural mummy is preserved in the Mother Church of Laurenzana, the village where he lived. During the recent restoration and conservation of the relic, palaeopathological analysis was carried out.
Ruggero D'Anastasio +3 more
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