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- noun Plural form of
paleopathologist .
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Examples
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One straightforward example of what paleopathologists have learned from skeletons concerns historical changes in height.
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In other cases, paleopathologists have not found the actual tumors, but rather signs left by the tumors in the body.
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In other cases, paleopathologists have not found the actual tumors, but rather signs left by the tumors in the body.
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Precontact skeletons showing syphilitic damage have been identified by paleopathologists, bolstering the argument that treponemal diseases, including syphilis, existed in New World populations.
Pestilence and Headcolds: Encountering Illness in Colonial Mexico
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Their endemic diseases and health problems, however, are being made more visible by the recent work of paleopathologists. 4 Skeletal remains, the primary source of evidence for these scholars, contains a considerable amount of data about the physical lives of people from all periods of Mesoamerican history.
Pestilence and Headcolds: Encountering Illness in Colonial Mexico
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In other cases, paleopathologists have not found the actual tumors, but rather signs left by the tumors in the body.
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While the art historians clearly missed the boat in terms of what the figurine depicts, the paleopathologists would likely not be able to address social contexts, such as whether this was for the “amusement of the upper social classes” or perhaps meant to ward off a terrible affliction.
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It was taken by the wife of one of the paleopathologists on my server list.
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It was taken by the wife of one of the paleopathologists on my server list.
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New studies by paleopathologists Bruce and Christine Rothschild favor a New World origin.
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