A5091560389- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- Paleopathology and ancient diseases
- Forensic and Genetic Research
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies
- Historical and Archaeological Studies
- Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes
- Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Archaeological Research and Protection
- Dental Radiography and Imaging
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies
- Medieval European History and Architecture
- Morphological variations and asymmetry
- Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis
- Ancient Egypt and Archaeology
- Linguistics and Cultural Studies
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- dental development and anomalies
- Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management
- Restraint-Related Deaths
Vilnius University
2014-2024
Institute of Biomedical Science
2023
Mykolas Romeris University
2007
Universitas Batam
2004
Cultivating Farmers Were the ancestors of modern Europeans local hunter-gatherers who assimilated farming practices from neighboring cultures, or were they farmers migrated Near East in early Neolithic? By analyzing ancient hunter-gatherer skeletal DNA 2300 to 13,400 B.C.E. Bramanti et al. (p. 137 , published online 3 September) investigated genetic relationship European Ice Age hunter-gatherers, first Europe, and Europeans. The results reject hypothesis direct continuity between Major parts...
Smallpox holds a unique position in the history of medicine. It was first disease for which vaccine developed and remains only human eradicated by vaccination. Although there have been claims smallpox Egypt, India, China dating back millennia [1Fenner F. Henderson D. Arita I. Jezek Z. Ladnyi Its Eradication. World Health Organization, 1988Google Scholar, 2Hopkins The Greatest Killer: History. University Chicago Press, 2002Crossref Google 3McNeill W. Plagues Peoples. Anchor, 2010Google 4Li Y....
Abstract While the series of events that shaped transition between foraging societies and food producers are well described for Central Southern Europe, genetic evidence from Northern Europe surrounding Baltic Sea is still sparse. Here, we report genome-wide DNA data 38 ancient North Europeans ranging ~9500 to 2200 years before present. Our analysis provides hunter-gatherers settled Scandinavia via two routes. We reveal first Scandinavian farmers derive their ancestry Anatolia 1000 earlier...
Modern humans have populated Europe for more than 45,000 years
Ancient DNA research in the past decade has revealed that European population structure changed dramatically prehistoric period (14,000–3000 years before present, YBP), reflecting widespread introduction of Neolithic farmer and Bronze Age Steppe ancestries. However, little is known about how from historical onward (3000 YBP - present). To address this, we collected whole genomes 204 individuals Europe Mediterranean, many which are first their region (e.g. Armenia France). We found most...
Many soldiers in Napoleon's Grand Army died of infectious diseases during its retreat from Russia. Because were commonly infested with body lice, it has been speculated that louse-borne diseases, such as epidemic typhus (caused by Rickettsia prowazekii), common.We investigated this possibility recent excavations a mass grave Vilnius, Lithuania. Segments 5 identified morphologically and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification sequencing, found earth the also contained fragments...
Human culture, biology, and health were shaped dramatically by the onset of agriculture ∼12,000 y B.P. This shift is hypothesized to have resulted in increased individual fitness population growth as evidenced archaeological genomic data alongside a decline physiological inferred from skeletal remains. Here, we consider osteological ancient DNA same prehistoric individuals study human stature variation proxy for across transition agriculture. Specifically, compared “predicted” genetic...
Abstract Developments in techniques for identification of pathogen DNA archaeological samples can expand our resolution disease detection. Our application a non-targeted molecular screening tool the parallel detection pathogens historical plague victims from post-medieval Lithuania revealed presence more than one active individual. In addition to Yersinia pestis , we detected and genomically characterized septic infection Treponema pallidum pertenue subtype treponemal family recognised as...
Abstract Numerous indications in literature argue that diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) is aetiologically linked with obesity and late onset (type II) diabetes. Thus its incidence should differ socially stratified societies where individuals have different access to food resources. The of DISH was evaluated a sample 458 adult from the Iron Age, Mediaeval, Early Modern periods. Social status defined either by grave inventory (Iron Age) or burial location (within church, urban...
Abstract Numerous studies and various interpretations of the prevalence linear enamel hypoplasias (LEH) based on populations living in different cultural economic conditions are causing some confusion raising doubts about whether or not such LEH reliable indicators life conditions. An analysis patterns was performed adults three populations: Tirup—a Danish Medieval rural population 12–14th centuries (131 individuals), Subačiaus str. Vilnius—a Lithuanian Late urban 16–17th (88 aristocracy—a...
Recent ancient DNA studies have revealed that the genetic history of modern Europeans was shaped by a series migration and admixture events between deeply diverged groups. While these are well described in Central Southern Europe, evidence from Northern Europe surrounding Baltic Sea is still sparse. Here we report genome-wide data 24 North ranging ~7,500 to 200 calBCE spanning transition hunter-gatherer an agricultural lifestyle, as adoption bronze metallurgy. We show Scandinavia settled...
The purpose of this work is to present an analysis cribra orbitalia (CO) from the population a medieval cemetery in Vilnius, Lithuania, dated between end 13th beginning 15th centuries. sample consisted 208 individuals with sufficiently preserved orbits: 82 subadults and 122 adults. CO was correlated sex, age-at-death, three skeletal indicators biological health: linear enamel hypoplasia, periostitis, adult femur length as proxy value for stature. Siler's Gompertz-Makeham's parametric models...
The purpose of this study was to develop a checklist for standardized assessment soft tissue preservation in human mummies based on whole-body computed tomography examinations, and add scoring system facilitate quantitative comparison mummies. Computed examinations 23 from the Capuchin Catacombs Palermo, Sicily (17 adults, 6 children; 17 anthropogenically naturally mummified) 7 crypt Dominican Church Holy Spirit Vilnius, Lithuania (5 2 all were used following previously published guidelines....
ABSTRACT Objectives Anthropological studies of cortical bone often aim to reconstruct either habitual activities or health past populations. During development, mechanical loading and metabolism simultaneously shape structure; yet, few have investigated how these factors interact. Understanding their relative morphological effects is essential for assessing human behavior from skeletal samples, as previous suggested that interaction may influence the interpretation structure physical...
Abstract Ancient DNA research in the past decade has revealed that European population structure changed dramatically prehistoric period (14,000-3,000 years before present, YBP), reflecting widespread introduction of Neolithic farmer and Bronze Age Steppe ancestries. However, little is known about how from historical onward (3,000 YBP - present). To address this, we collected whole genomes 204 individuals Europe Mediterranean, many which are first their region (e.g. Armenia France). We found...
A mass grave of the soldiers Napoleon's Great Army, containing no less than 3269 individuals who died during retreat from Russia in December 1812, was uncovered an archaeological rescue excavation 2002 Vilnius, Lithuania. General dental analysis, including that wear, tooth loss, caries, calculus, and periodontal diseases abscesses, used to evaluate oral health status possible dietary patterns represented recruits almost all Western Central Europe. Growth conditions childhood were studied by...
Abstract The aim of this study was to provide the morphological and morphometric data supraorbital foramina or notches related sex, side, climatic conditions where population lived. It hypothesized that distribution occurrence location these openings depends on in which Orbits from 866 dried skulls obtained three regions: warm, temperate, cold were examined. examination concentrated configuration (notch/foramen) distances reference points: nasion, frontomalare orbitale, infraorbital foramen...