Much of paleodemography, an interdisciplinary field with strong ties to archaeology, among
other disciplines, is oriented toward clarifying the life experiences of past people and why …

The importance of care of infants and children in palaeoanthropological and human
behavioural ecological research on the evolution of our species is evident in the diversity of …

The study of childhood diet, including breastfeeding and weaning, has important
implications for our understanding of infant mortality and fertility in past societies. Stable …

Abstract Objectives The Osteological Paradox posits that skeletal lesions may differentially
be interpreted as representing resilience or frailty. However, specific consideration of the …

Gendered burial practices that differentiate between men and women by the way the body
was placed were used over large parts of Central Europe in the Late Neolithic and Early …

Abstract Aims and Objectives Macroscopic skeletal analysis and stable carbon and nitrogen
isotope analysis were employed to examine the relationship between skeletal “stress” …

Abstract Post-Medieval London (sixteenth-nineteenth centuries) was a stressful environment
for the poor. Overcrowded and squalid housing, physically demanding and risky working …

Objective Frailty is the physiological stress that individuals suffer during their life. In past
populations, frailty is conventionally assessed through the occurrence of different …

Objective This project sought to investigate whether an association may be observed
between isotopic stress indicators and skeletal evidence of pathological conditions …

As we enter the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the scientific community has met the
SARS-CoV-2 virus with efficient and effective responses in epidemiology, molecular biology …