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  1. DNA reveals rare dwarfism in teenager who lived in Italy 12,000 years ago

    An international research team has confirmed the earliest known genetic diagnosis in an anatomically modern human, identifying a rare skeletal disorder in a prehistoric adolescent female who lived more than 12,000 years ago...

    © Image courtesy of Dr. Adrian Daly

    More information: archaeologymag.com/2026/01/rar

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    #archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #stoneage #Archaeogenetics #Osteoarchaeology #anthropology

  2. Is it possible to identify #Tobacco use from human remains?

    Our colleague #SheridanStrang is currently investigating this question with five tooth samples from the #Napoleonic #battlefield of #Deutsch-Wagram
    The project is funded by the British Association for Biological #anthropogy and #Osteoarchaeology #BABAO and takes place in cooperation with the #viennabiocenter of the @univienna and the research group #TobaccoAndHealth of #UniversityOfLeicester

    @archaeodons #archaeology #bioarchaeology

  3. From 15 Feb: Archaeologists found evidence of trepanation on medieval woman’s skull - Enlarge / This skull of a 50-year-old-ish medieval woman, circa 6th to 8th century, shows ... arstechnica.com/science/2023/0 #archaeology #bio-archaeology #ct-scanning #gaming-&-culture #history-of-medicine #osteoarchaeology #paleopathology #scanning-electron-microscopy #science #trepanation