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Better a Broader Diagnosis Than a Misdiagnosis: The Study of a Neoplastic Condition in a Male Individual who Died in Early 20th Century (Coimbra, Portugal) [PDF]
, 2013 The paleopathological record of neoplastic conditions in the past is considered scarce. The detection of tumours in ancient populations is hindered by the quality and quantity of signs visible on the skeleton, the methodological approach, the ...
Cunha, Eugénia +2 more
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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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Paleoepidemiology of pre-Columbian and Colonial Panamá Viejo: a preliminary study
Bulletins et mémoires de la Société d'anthropologie de Paris, 2011 Panama Viejo, a coastal site in the Panamanian Pacific, was occupied from ca. AD 850 to 1200 and from the arrival of the Europeans in AD 1519 to 1671. This paper describes the bone anomalies observed and recorded in the pre- and post-contact skeletal series from the site.
Rojas-Sepulveda, Claudia +2 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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Paleoepidemiology of Infectious Disease in the Dickson Mounds Population [PDF]
, 1978 The major focus of paleopathology has been the delimiting of disease in time and space. Information about the history of specific diseases is the objective of many of these studies.
Armelagos, George J. +2 more
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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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Volume Fourteen Table of Contents [PDF]
, 1978 Table of contents for MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly, 1978, Volume ...
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Midcontinental Native American population dynamics and late Holocene hydroclimate extremes [PDF]
, 2017 Climate’s influence on late Pre-Columbian (pre-1492 CE), maize-dependent Native American populations in the midcontinental United States (US) is poorly understood as regional paleoclimate records are sparse and/or provide conflicting perspectives.
Bird, Broxton W. +4 more
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Patterns of Prehistoric Epidemiology and Human Paleopathology [PDF]
, 1978 Human paleopathologists are interested in the visible marks of diagnosable disease that reflect various aspects of human biocultural interaction. Whether infectious, nutritional, or a combination of both, pathological characteristics in the dry bone ...
El-Najjar, Mahmoud Y.
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New insights into the genetic diversity of Schistosoma mansoni and S. haematobiumin Yemen [PDF]
, 2015 The file attached is the Published/publisher’s pdf version of the article.© 2015 Sady et al. Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
A Abdulrab +66 more
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