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Recent advances in palaeopathology and the study of past societies in Argentina, southern South America
(The Anthropological Society of Nippon, 2014-07)
In October 2011, the symposium ‘Contributions of Palaeopathology to the Study of Past Human Societies’ was organized by the authors as part of the Xth Meeting of the Biological Anthropology Society of Argentina, La Plata, ...
A traumatic fracture in a giant Eocene penguin from Antarctica
(Cambridge University Press, 2012-07-04)
A fractured femur of a giant fossil penguin from the Anthropornis nordenskjoeldi Biozone (Late Eocene), Isla Marambio (Seymour Island), Antarctica (La Meseta Formation) is described. Palaeoecological, palaeopathological ...
A palaeopathological example of Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease from Argentina
(Elsevier, 2014-09)
Legg-Calvé-Perthes (LCP) disease is a very uncommon condition that affects one in 10,000 paediatric patients. Examples described in the palaeopathological literature are scarce and for this reason the exceptional examples ...
Trends in oral pathology of hunter-gatherers from Western Pampas, Argentina
(Anthropological Society of Nippon, 2014-08)
Oral health analysis is one of the principal bioarchaeological lines of investigation to evaluatethe interaction between the dynamics of human communities in the past, their environment, and theirsocial structure. These ...
Palaeopathological Survey of a Population of Mapusaurus (Theropoda: Carcharodontosauridae) from the Late Cretaceous Huincul Formation, Argentina
(Public Library of Science, 2013-05-15)
Paleoepidemiology (the study of disease and trauma in prehistoric populations) provides insight into the distribution of disease and can have implications for interpreting behavior in extinct organisms. A monospecific ...
Skeletal and surgical evidence for acute osteomyelitis in non-adult individuals
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2015-01)
Osteomyelitis is a non-specific infection of the bone and bone marrow. In the past acute osteomyelitis (AO) led to high mortality especially in non-adults. Nevertheless, its diagnosis in archaeological populations is rare. ...
Multiple skeletal and dental pathologies in a late Miocene mesotheriid (Mammalia, Notoungulata) from the Altiplano of Bolivia: Palaeoecological inferences
(Elsevier Science, 2019-11)
We report a partial adult skeleton of the notoungulate mesotheriid Plesiotypotherium achirense, showing multiple skeletal and dental pathologies, from the late Miocene locality of Achiri, Bolivian Altiplano. The material ...
Temporomandibular joint osteoarthritis in human ancient skeletal remains from Late Holocene in southern Patagonia
(Wiley, 2019-01)
Low prevalence of caries, high stages of dental attrition (DA), and moderate frequency of antemortem tooth loss (AMTL) were found in skeletal remains of hunter-gatherers from southern Patagonia. However, osteoarthritis ...
Interdisciplinary identification of the skeletal remains of Catherine Roberts-Davies, The first Welsh settler death in Patagonia, Argentina in 1865
(John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2020-03)
In 1995, an almost complete human skeleton was found in Punta Cuevas, in the southern coast of Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina. The burial traits and the associated objects suggested the skeleton might belong to Mrs. ...