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Advances in paleopathology in context: A focus on soft tissue paleopathology

International Journal of Paleopathology, 2020
Skeletal and mummified remains from South America have had a significant impact on the progress of paleopathological research. In 1997, John Verano synthesized the state of paleopathological research, identifying trends and highlighting future potentials.
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Paleopathology

2013
The word paleopathology, derived from the Greek palaios, pathos, and logos, meaning liter- ally “study of ancient diseases,” was coined in 1892/3 by the German physicist R. W. Schufeldt and has appeared in the Standard Dictionary of Funk and Wagnall since 1895.
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Human skeletal paleopathology

International Journal of Paleopathology, 2011
Human skeletal remains from archaeological contexts are the main source of data about the complex interaction between disease and humankind throughout the emergence of Homo sapiens. Past and current research on these remains has revealed the presence of many diseases that affect the skeleton today.
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Paleopathology of skeletal fluorosis

American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 1999
Skeletal fluorosis is one of a range of conditions causing excessive ossification and joint ankylosis in skeletons. It is rarely considered, however, in differential diagnoses of palaeopathological lesions. This paper considers the identification of skeletal fluorosis in a skeletal sample from the island of Bahrain, Arabian Gulf, dating to ca.
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What skeletons tell us. The story of human paleopathology

Virchows Archiv Fur Pathologische Anatomie Und Physiologie Und Fur Klinische Medizin, 2011
Donald J Ortner
exaly  

Advances in the paleopathology of Andean South America

Journal of World Prehistory, 1997
John W Verano
exaly  

PALEOPATHOLOGY

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1922
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