Blogs about: Palaeopathology
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Heritage Of A Deadly Disease Pinpointed With Help From Iceland's Genealogical Database
A collaboration of scientists from Iceland and the United States has used Iceland’s genealogical database* to trace the ancestors of patients suffering from hereditary cystatin C amyloid angiopa… more →
Archaeozoology
Collection of the Month October 2008:"Bones, bodies and disease"
specialcollectionsbradford wrote 1 year ago: Calvin Wells (1908-1978) is often referred to as the father of palaeopathology: he used his medical … more →
Roman Empire 'raised HIV threat'
bioarxaiologia wrote 1 year ago: Roman Empire ‘raised HIV threat’ The spread of the Roman Empire through Europe could hel … more →
Heritage Of A Deadly Disease Pinpointed With Help From Iceland's Genealogical Database
archaeozoo wrote 1 year ago: A collaboration of scientists from Iceland and the United States has used Iceland’s genealogic … more →
New Book: Ostéo-archéologie et techniques médico-légales
bioarxaiologia wrote 1 year ago: Nous avons le plaisir d’annoncer la sortie de l’ouvrage suivant : Ostéo-archéologie et t … more →
Know Your Pathology: Spina Bifida
archaeozoo wrote 1 year ago: Probably the most common developmental defect reported archaeologically is spina bifida (Roberts and … more →
How long can TB survive?
archaeozoo wrote 1 year ago: A note on the environmental persistence (or otherwise) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in 300-year-old … more →
A trephinated skull from Germany
archaeozoo wrote 1 year ago: A review of new research is presented in Nature Precedings regarding a skull radiocarbon dated to 19 … more →
Know Your Pathology: Cleft Palate
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archaeozoo wrote 1 year ago: A cleft palate is a bony defect that is due to the failure of bone union between the two halves of t … more →
Trepanation: The Legacy of Ancient Brain Surgery
archaeozoo wrote 1 year ago: Jim Myres at Scientific Blogging discusses an interesting history of skull surgery in ‘Trepana … more →
What were the chances of surviving the Black Death?
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archaeozoo wrote 1 year ago: From the latest edition of Current Archaeology (No. 217): Why did some people survive the Black Deat … more →
Domestication of the donkey
archaeozoo wrote 1 year ago: An international group of researchers has found evidence for the earliest transport use of the donke … more →
Know Your Pathology: Treponematosis
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archaeozoo wrote 1 year ago: Treponematosis is “a chronic or subacute infection caused by microorganisms called spirochetes of th … more →
Know Your Pathology: Leprosy
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archaeozoo wrote 1 year ago: Leprosy, also known as Hansen’s disease, is “a chronic infectious disease of humans, affecting skin, … more →
Yersinia pestis, ancient DNA and the Black Death
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archaeozoo wrote 1 year ago: Introduction: The Black Death is the name given to a pandemic which killed up to a third of the Euro … more →
Know Your Pathology: Calculus
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archaeozoo wrote 1 year ago: In this edition of ‘Know Your Pathology’, we shall examine the subject of calculus, also known as ca … more →
The Origins of Syphilis
archaeozoo wrote 1 year ago: The origin of syphilis has been hotly debated in recent years. Was it already in the Americas by the … more →
Know Your Pathology: Dental Caries
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archaeozoo wrote 1 year ago: What is dental caries? Dental caries is a destruction of enamel, dentine and cement, ultimately lead … more →
Know Your Pathology: Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis
archaeozoo wrote 1 year ago: Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH), also known as Forestier’s disease, is primarily a d … more →
More about tuberculosis in Homo erectus
archaeozoo wrote 2 years ago: Following up the other day’s blog about tuberculosis in Homo erectus, John Hawks, having seen … more →
