Every human being who has ever lived has shared an underlying vulnerability to scurvy.
This disease arose from a random mutation that occurred in a basal anthropoid ancestor …

From about 5500 cal BC to soon after 5000 cal BC, the lifeways of the first farmers of central
Europe–the LBK, after the German labels Linearbandkeramik or Linienbandkeramik–are …

Diverse pathological processes can produce overlapping or even indistinguishable patterns
of abnormal bone formation or destruction, representing a fundamental challenge in the …

John Verano's 1997 synthesis of Andean paleopathology guided two decades of research
and was instrumental in establishing modern Andean paleopathology. This paper reviews …

Paleopathological investigations of subadult scurvy have seen increasing frequency since
the introduction of the “Ortner criteria” of porotic cranial and infracranial lesions. With the rise …

Scurvy is a disease caused by vitamin C deficiency and is a key paleopathological indicator
of subadult health and nutritional status in the past. Yet, little is known about scurvy in …

Abstract Exploration of the Medici Chapels in the Basilica of San Lorenzo in Florence
revealed the burials of nine juvenile members of the Medici family (16th–17th centuries) …

Extensive osteolytic and osteoblastic lesions were observed on the skeletal remains of an
adult male excavated from an Early Bronze Age cemetery dated to 4556+ 32 years BP …

Ancient DNA methodology was applied to analyse sequences extracted from freshly
unearthed remains (teeth) of 4 individuals deeply deposited in slightly alkaline soil of the …

The aim of this study is to analyse the growth of a sample of 31 nonadult individuals buried
in an unusual way in Valle da Gafaria (Lagos, Portugal) between the 15th and 17th …