Biodistance Analysis via Dental Phenotypic Diversity in Early Collective Burials at Cerro Juan Díaz, Panamá (30–650 CE)[Análisis de Biodistancia Mediante la …

NE Smith‐Guzmán, J Smid Núñez… - American Journal of …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Burial space reuse and prolonged interaction with the dead were common
practices in the Isthmo‐Colombian Area, dating back to at least the Early Ceramic Period in …

A paleoepidemiological approach to the challenging differential diagnosis of an isolated 1500-year-old anomalous molar from Panamá

NE Smith-Guzmán - International Journal of Paleopathology, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective This study seeks to quantify the presence and prevalence of specific genetic and
infectious diseases in the pre-Colombian Panamanian population and uses these data to …

[PDF][PDF] Patterns of disease and culture in ancient Panama: A bioarchaeological analysis of the early graves at Cerro Juan Díaz

NE Smith-Guzmán - Bioarchaeology International, 2021 - researchgate.net
Cerro Juan Díaz (LS-3) is a large archaeological site located in the coastal lowlands of
central Pacific Panama that comprised a pre-Columbian village (200 BC–AD 1520). A …

Developmental Conditions in Paleopathology

AR Titelbaum, SE Burnett, DT Case - The Routledge Handbook of …, 2022 - taylorfrancis.com
Variations in skeletal morphology arise from factors that affect growth and development,
such as mutations, chromosomal abnormalities, teratogens, or multifactorial etiologies …

[PDF][PDF] Genetic anomaly or congenital syphilis? The anomalous crown morphology of a 1500-year-old isolated molar from Panamá

NE Smith-Guzmán - AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL …, 2022 - academia.edu
Tooth crown development is influenced both by genetic and environmental factors during
the gestation and early childhood of the individual1-2. Teeth are arguably one of the most …