The study of ancient DNA has the potential to make significant and unique contributions to
ecology and evolution. However, the techniques used contain inherent problems …

This article presents outcomes from a Workshop entitled “Bioarchaeology: Taking Stock and
Moving Forward,” which was held at Arizona State University (ASU) on March 6–8, 2020 …

More than 20 years ago, Wood et al.(Curr Anthropol 33: 343–370, 1992) published “The
Osteological Paradox: Problems of Inferring Prehistoric Health from Skeletal Samples,” in …

Building on the success of their previous book, White and Folkens' The Human Bone
Manual is intended for use outside the laboratory and classroom, by professional forensic …

The Archaeology of Human Bones provides an up to date account of the analysis of human
skeletal remains from archaeological sites, introducing students to the anatomy of bones …

The Bioarchaeology of Metabolic Bone Disease, Second Edition is a comprehensive source
dedicated to better understanding this group of conditions that have significant …

“Every man is the builder of a temple, called his body, to the god he worships, after a style
purely his own, nor can he get off by hammering marble instead. We are all sculptors and …

As a discipline that bridges the biological and social sciences, bioarchaeology has much to
contribute to a contextualized and theoretically sophisticated understanding of social …

Was the mortality associated with the deadliest known epidemic in human history, the Black
Death of 1347–1351, selective with respect to preexisting health conditions (“frailty”)? Many …

Abstract The Raymond A. Dart Collection of Human Skeletons (Dart Collection) is housed in
the School of Anatomical Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg …