Journal of Paleopathology

The paleopathology of the cardiovascular system.

Paleopathology, the study of disease in ancient remains, adds the dimension of time to our study of health and disease. The oldest preserved heart is from a mummified rabbit of the Pleistocene epoch, over 20,000 years old. Cardiovascular disease has been identified in human mummies from Alaska and Egypt, covering a time span ranging from approximately 3,000 to 300 years ago. An experimental stu...

Behavior toward the dying, diseased, or disabled among animals and its relevance to paleopathology.

Compassionate behavior towards dying, diseased, or disabled individuals is often regarded as a uniquely human trait, though recent reports of reactions to death and dying in nonhuman animals highlight the value of adopting a comparative evolutionary approach toward these behaviors. Here, we review recent studies of animal behavior toward the dying, diseased, or disabled which may be of interest...

Advances in Paleopathology: from phylogenetic analyses to ancient medical literature - An Editorial Forward

Studies in California Paleopathology : Ii . Comminuted Fracture of a Humerus with Pseudoarthrosis Formation

A death from Langerhans cell histiocytosis and tuberculosis in 18th Century Hungary - what Paleopathology can tell us today

Paleopathology in South American mummies: a review and new findings.

This article is a review of research and additional unpublished diseases that have been discovered and documented in naturally mummified remains recovered from South America. A new impetus in paleopathological studies was the work and discovery of a solution for rehydration of mummified tissues by Sir Marc Armand Ruffer in 1913. This solution allows the paleopathologist, after performing the au...