A5071869849- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
- Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis
- Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies
- Eurasian Exchange Networks
- Paleopathology and ancient diseases
- Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
- Linguistics and language evolution
Peter the Great's Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography
2007-2013
Tuberculosis has plagued humankind since prehistoric times, as is evident from characteristic lesions on human skeletons dating back to the Neolithic period. The disease in man due predominantly infection with either Mycobacterium tuberculosis or bovis, both members of M. (MTB) complex. A number studies have shown that when conditions permit, surviving mycobacterial DNA may be amplified bone by PCR. Such ancient (aDNA) analyses are subject stringent tests authenticity and, feasible,...
Evidence for three definitive cases of scalping have been identified among the corpus human skeletal remains excavated from Iron Age south Siberian cemetery Aymyrlyg in Tuva. The osteological evidence that is apparent these individuals presented here, as are results a recent reexamination previously known case royal burial Kurgan 2 at Pazyryk. These four important part because they support literary references pertaining to practice contained Herodotus's Histories, written fifth century B.C....