News tagged with american journal of physical anthropology


New tool for CSI? Geographic software maps distinctive features inside bones

(Medical Xpress)—A common type of geographic mapping software offers a new way to study human remains.

Medical research created Sep 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Dental discovery to benefit forensic practitioners and anthropologists

Forensic practitioners and anthropologists will be among those to benefit from new University of Kent research on the dental development of humans.

Dentistry created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mummies tell history of a 'modern' plague

Mummies from along the Nile are revealing how age-old irrigation techniques may have boosted the plague of schistosomiasis, a water-borne parasitic disease that infects an estimated 200 million people today.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast