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Paleoepidemiology of Degerative Joint Disease [PDF]
, 1978 In order to contribute significantly to the description and understanding of human disease, paleoepidemiology must first recognize requirements which epidemiologists have long considered essential: 1) that the populations sampled are relevant to a set of
Jurmain, Robert D.
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American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 185, Issue 2, October 2024.Abstract Objectives The osteological paradox recognizes that the presence of lesions is not always directly related with increased mortality. When combined with the clinical, historical, and epidemiological literature on scurvy, survivorship analysis, a form of statistical analysis to assess the relationship between the presence of diseases in the ...
Melandri Vlok +7 more
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American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 184, Issue 1, May 2024.Landmarks on the skull that were used in this study. Abstract Objectives Historical evidence from 18th‐ and 19th‐century England suggests that industrialization's impacts on health were largely negative, especially among marginalized groups. However, available documentary evidence is often biased toward adult men and rarely sheds light on the ...
Samantha L. Yaussy
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American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 183, Issue 4, April 2024.An ancient DNA researcher works in the Penn State Ancient Biomolecules Research Environment (PSABRE) on ancient calculus reconstructions. Photo by Patrick Mansell. Abstract Objectives Ancient human dental calculus is a unique, nonrenewable biological resource encapsulating key information about the diets, lifestyles, and health conditions of past ...
Abigail S. Gancz +2 more
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Life not death: Epidemiology from skeletons
, 2017 Analytically sophisticated paleoepidemiology is a relatively new development in the characterization of past life experiences. It is based on sound paleopathological observations, accurate age-at-death estimates, an explicit engagement with the nature of
Milner, George R. +3 more
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Frontiers in Environmental ArchaeologyIntroductionMedieval Danish populations (c. 1050-1536 AD) faced numerous infectious diseases, including leprosy and tuberculosis, that shaped modern perceptions of medieval health crises.
Saige Kelmelis +7 more
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The Paleoepidemiology of Malaria in the Ancient Near East [PDF]
, 2015 The end of the Late Bronze Age in the Near East (1300 - 1200 BCE) saw the widespread collapse of several large cultural centers, the reasons for which are a subject of continued debate.
Smith, Nicole Elizabeth
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, 2020 La restitution des environnements infectieux propres aux populations anciennes et de l’influence qu’incarnaient les infections sur leur état sanitaire représentent des pierres angulaires de notre connaissance des sociétés passées.
Meffray, Avril
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Origin, evolution and paleoepidemiology of brucellosis
, 2011 Brucellosis is a worldwide disease. Although it has been eradicated in some countries, it continues to be an important disease in many farming areas. Previous works have described the evolution and diffusion of brucellosis in antiquity through direct ...
T. STANISCIA +9 more
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, 2012 I am a biological anthropologist in the Department of Anthropology at the University of South Carolina. I specialize in paleodemography, paleoepidemiology, and human osteology, and for several years, the focus of my research has been the Black Death.
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