Advances in commingled human remains analysis between 2014 and 2023

A Palmiotto, H Maijanen, CB LeGarde… - Journal of Forensic …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This study reviews recent advances in osteometric, genetic, geochemical, and digital
modeling applications since 2014 to demonstrate the expanded range of analyses and …

Exploring sexual dimorphism of the modern human talus through geometric morphometric methods

R Sorrentino, MG Belcastro, C Figus, NB Stephens… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Sex determination is a pivotal step in forensic and bioarchaeological fields. Generally,
scholars focus on metric or qualitative morphological features, but in the last few years …

Exploring late Paleolithic and Mesolithic diet in the Eastern Alpine region of Italy through multiple proxies

G Oxilia, E Bortolini, F Badino… - American Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives The analysis of prehistoric human dietary habits is key for understanding the
effects of paleoenvironmental changes on the evolution of cultural and social human …

Sex-related morbidity and mortality in non-adult individuals from the Early Medieval site of Valdaro (Italy): the contribution of dental enamel peptide analysis

F Lugli, C Figus, S Silvestrini, V Costa… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this work, osteological and paleopathological analyses are combined with liquid-
chromatography mass spectrometry to study life and death of 30 non-adult individuals from …

Insights into molar-incisor hypomineralisation in past populations: A call to anthropologists

E Garot, DL Onaindia, C Couture, JI Morales… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective Molar incisor hypomineralisation (MIH) is a developmental defect of enamel
affecting the first permanent molars and often the incisors and affecting approximately 13 …

Exploring directional and fluctuating asymmetry in the human palate during growth

G Oxilia, JC Menghi Sartorio, E Bortolini… - American Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Palate morphology is constantly changing throughout an individual's lifespan, yet
its asymmetry during growth is still little understood. In this research, we focus on the study of …

Giant cell tumor of bone in an eighteenth-century Italian mummy

L Ventura, E Petrella, S Piciucchi, E Cilli, D Luiselli… - Virchows Archiv, 2021 - Springer
Giant cell tumor (GCT) of the bone is a locally aggressive and rarely metastasizing
neoplasm. It is composed of neoplastic mononuclear stromal cells with a monotonous …

A multifaceted approach towards investigating childbirth deaths in double burials: Anthropology, paleopathology and ancient DNA

E Cilli, G Gabanini, MM Ciucani, S De Fanti… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Evidence of maternal care and childbirth events in the past are rare in the archaeological
record and are difficult to recognize. To combat this, we analyzed thirteen double burials …

Transhumance pastoralism of Roccapelago (Modena, Italy) early‐modern individuals: Inferences from Sr isotopes of hair strands

F Lugli, A Cipriani, V Tavaglione… - American journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives In this work, we use Sr isotopes to analyze human hair and determine short‐term
movements of a contemporary human traveler and of early‐modern individuals from an …

A case of dwarfism in 6th century Italy: Bioarchaeological assessment of a hereditary disorder

M Traversari, S Da Via, E Petrella, RNM Feeney… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective The skeletal remains of a short-statured individual (T17) are described and a
differential diagnosis performed to determine the etiology of the condition. Materials An …