Results 11 to 20 of about 8,398 (209)
Several occurrences of osteomyelitis in dinosaurs from a site in the Bauru Group, Cretaceous of Southeast Brazil. [PDF]
Abstract This study investigates the occurrence of osteomyelitis in non‐avian dinosaurs, focusing on the Ibirá locality, a site with a high incidence of this pathological condition. We analyzed six new osteopathic sauropod specimens from the Upper Cretaceous of Brazil.
Aureliano T +3 more
europepmc +2 more sources
Joint diseases in animal paleopathology: Veterinary approach
Animal paleopathology is not a very well known scientific discipline within veterinary science, but it has great importance for historical and archaeological investigations.
Oliver Stevanović, +3 more
doaj +1 more source
Syphilis is a chronic infection that is categorized by a three-stage progression. The tertiary stage may affect bones and produce distinctive skull lesions called caries sicca.
Célia Lopes +2 more
doaj +1 more source
Pathophysiology of Mummification
Italian mummies are a biological, historical, and cultural heritage of significant value. However, only in the past few years has this heritage been properly appreciated, quite recently if compared to the history of Paleopathology.
Ezio Fulcheri
doaj +1 more source
Osteoporosis and nutrition – a paleopathological insight
The association of osteoporosis and nutrition has long been documented, and nutrition is acknowledged as a major risk factor for bone loss, affecting bone health in distinct ways.
Francisco Curate
doaj +1 more source
Radiographic Technique for Archaeological Human Dry Bones: a scoping review
Within archaeological research, radiography has been used with human dry bones to diagnose pathologies, demonstrate trauma and assist age estimation through dentition eruption status.
James Elliott
doaj +1 more source
Earliest Porotic Hyperostosis on a 1.5-Million-year-old Hominin, olduvai gorge, Tanzania. [PDF]
Meat-eating was an important factor affecting early hominin brain expansion, social organization and geographic movement. Stone tool butchery marks on ungulate fossils in several African archaeological assemblages demonstrate a significant level of ...
Agness Gidna +17 more
core +5 more sources
Syphilis in Maria Salviati (1499–1543), Wife of Giovanni de’ Medici of the Black Bands
Researchers from the Division of Paleopathology of Pisa University (Pisa, Italy) exhumed the well-preserved skeleton of Maria Salviati (1499–1543), wife of Giovanni de’ Medici, named “Giovanni of the Black Bands,” in Florence in 2012.
Antonio Fornaciari +3 more
doaj +1 more source
Bronze Age Kurgan Kalinovsky II. Archaeological and Anthropological Study Perspectives
The Paper presents publication and analysis of the burial materials from excavations of a detached kurgan Kalinovsky II located in the central part of the Volga-Don interfluve near the eastern outskirts of the Kalinovsky farm of the Frolovsky district of
Alexander N. Dyachenko +1 more
doaj +1 more source
Assessment of traumatic leptomeningeal cyst in forensic anthropology – A case report
Paleopathology is a very extensive subject. Sometimes some pathological changes of bones may mimic trauma. This paper demonstrates a rare complication of cranial fractures which may be mistaken with gunshot injury in skeletonized remains.
Pavel Timonov +5 more
doaj +1 more source

