Anthropology.netThree children in Neolithic Vietnam show classic signs of congenital treponematosis — but the evidence points to yaws, not syphilis. A new study challenges a foundational assumption in ancient disease research. #Paleopathology #Treponematosis #Bioarchaeology https://www.anthropology.net/p/congenital-syphilis-was-supposed
How old was this skeleton, really? A new paper argues that disease alters the very bone markers used to estimate age at death — creating a methodological loop few researchers have addressed head-on. #Paleopathology #Bioarchaeology #HumanEvolution https://www.anthropology.net/p/when-a-skeleton-lies-about-its-age
Cluster ROOTSAt what age did a prehistoric human die? Are the pathological alterations to the skeleton due to old age or to disease? An international study discusses solutions to fundamental challenges in the field of paleopathology: https://www.uni-kiel.de/en/details/news/039-paleopathology
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A 2,000-year-old burial in the Philippines is rewriting what we know about scurvy in tropical Southeast Asia — and what ancient communities owed their most vulnerable members. #Paleopathology #HumanEvolution #Bioarchaeology https://www.anthropology.net/p/a-young-man-in-the-philippines-2000
Omni LettersThe Oldest Jaw Surgery in the World.
CT Scan Reveals Complex Jaw Surgery Performed 2,500 Years Ago on a Woman from the Pazyryk Culture.
Read more: https://omniletters.com/the-oldest-jaw-surgery-in-the-world/
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A 5,500-year-old genome from Colombia pushes the history of Treponema pallidum deep into the past, challenging simple origin stories for syphilis and revealing a long, diverse treponemal presence in the Americas. #AncientDNA #Paleopathology #HumanHistory https://www.anthropology.net/p/a-pathogen-older-than-history-tracing
A Byzantine child buried 900 years ago in Aphrodisias shows signs of a rare bone disease, Caffey disease, offering new insight into childhood health, care, and resilience in medieval Anatolia. #Bioarchaeology #Byzantine #Osteology #Paleopathology https://www.anthropology.net/p/a-swollen-legacy-the-byzantine-child
New evidence from Patagonian hunter-gatherers shows that even in the harshest environments, care for the injured and disabled was a shared human commitment—not a luxury. #Archaeology #Paleopathology #HumanEvolution #Anthropology https://www.anthropology.net/p/the-wounded-and-the-cared-for-how
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Nescot ritual shaft reveals Romano-British dog burials and sacrificial practices
A recent study by Dr. Ellen Green, published in the International Journal of Paleopathology, has revealed new insights into one of the most significant discoveries of ritual animal deposits in Roman Britain...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/03/nescot-romano-british-dog-burials/
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Steven Saus [he/him]From 05 Jun: Ancient Egyptian skull shows evidence of cancer, surgical treatment - EnlargeTondini, Isidro, Camarós, 2024. The 4,000-year-old skull and mandible of... https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/06/tool-marks-on-ancient-egyptian-skull-suggest-attempted-cancer-treatment/ #archaeology #forensic-archaeology #medicine #paleo-oncology #paleopathology #science
