At the Abony-Turjányos dűlő site, located in Central Hungary, a rescue excavation was
carried out. More than 400 features were excavated and dated to the Protoboleráz horizon …

Molecular studies of archival and fossil samples have traditionally focused on the nucleic
acids derived from the host species. However, there has recently been an increase in …

The prevalence of tuberculosis and pulmonary disease in 165 non-adults (under 17 years)
from Romano-British Poundbury Camp (1st–3rd centuries ad) is examined. Previous studies …

Both origin and evolution of tuberculosis and its pathogens (Mycobacterium tuberculosis
complex) are not fully understood. The paleopathological investigation of human remains …

A fully articulated dog skeleton excavated from a 16th-century Neutral Iroquoian site in
Ontario, Canada displays a distinctive osteological condition known as hypertrophic …

Context: Tuberculosis and leprosy are readily recognised in human remains due to their
typical palaeopathology. Both Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) and Mycobacterium leprae …

In 1932, skeletal remains of two Neanderthal individuals, a young adult female and a 3–4–
year-old child, were discovered in Subalyuk Cave in Northern Hungary [1, 2]. Results of the …

Reports of bacterial pathogen DNA sequences obtained from archaeological bone
specimens raise the possibility of greatly improving our understanding of the history of …

In the past years, many publications about identification and sex-determination of dry human
bones by means of DNA analysis have been published. However, few studies exist that …

Historical assessments of the last two centuries consistently placed tuberculosis as the
leading cause of mortality. However, for earlier periods, we can only calculate the …