A brief history and 21st century challenges

Jane E. Buikstra; Sharon DeWitte

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-809738-0.00002-8

A brief history and 21st century challenges

Jane E. Buikstra, Sharon DeWitte

Human Evolution and Social Change, School of (SHESC)

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This chapter includes a brief history of paleopathology, along with a discussion of 21st century’s theoretical and methodological challenges facing the field. Among the latter are the structure of differential diagnosis, paleoepidemiology, and the osteological paradox.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Ortner's Identification of Pathological Conditions in Human Skeletal Remains
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	11-19
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	9780128097380
ISBN (Print)	9780128099018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809738-0.00002-8
State	Published - Jan 1 2019

Keywords

Differential diagnosis
History of paleopathology
Osteological paradox
Paleoepidemiology

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General Social Sciences

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