Abstract
This article offers a brief overview of the potential represented by palaeopathology both for the study of ancient diseases and for countering pseudoscience. To achieve this goal, it summarises a set of notable cases studied, or contributed to, by the authors of this paper. Moreover, the importance of the so-called “indirect sources” as complementary to the traditional palaeopathological ones is stressed.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 17-27 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Human Evolution |
Volume | 38 |
Issue number | 1-2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 30 Jun 2023 |
Keywords
- anthropology
- Case studies
- history of medicine
- palaeopathology
- palaeopathography