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 …

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

Objectives Porotic hyperostosis (PH), characterized by porotic lesions on the cranial vault,
and cribra orbitalia (CO), a localized appearance of porotic lesions on the roof of the orbits …

Diverse pathological processes can produce overlapping or even indistinguishable patterns
of abnormal bone formation or destruction, representing a fundamental challenge in the …

The ability of forensic anthropologists in the United States to distinguish the remains of
foreign nationals from those of American citizens may be crucial to the identification process …

Porous skeletal lesions (PSL) have been reported in scientific literature since the 19th
century, yet their etiology (ies) remains a complex issue under debate. The aim of this study …

Intra vitam porous lesions of the skull (Cribra Orbitalia and Porotic Hyperostosis) are
pathological conditions due to genetic or acquired chronic anaemia. They are the most …

Since the initial discovery of Paranthropus robustus at the site of Kromdraai in 1938, the
hypodigm of this species has been expanded by subsequent work at the localities of …

Objective The current study evaluates the feasibility of using clinical cranial computed
tomography (CT) scans for assessing the presence and morphology of porous cranial …

Summary In 1992, Shelley Saunders provided one of the first overviews on the position of
non‐adult studies in bioarchaeology. While acknowledging that things had moved on since …