This article offers a brief overview of the potential represented by palaeopathology both for the study of ancient diseases and for countering pseudoscience. To achieve this goal, it summarises a set of notable cases studied, or contributed to, by the authors of this paper. Moreover, the importance of the so-called “indirect sources” as complementary to the traditional palaeopathological ones is stressed.

Galassi F.M., Varotto E. (2023). The importance of case studies in the study of ancient diseases and the fight against biomedical fake news: a set of cases to make a point. HUMAN EVOLUTION, 38(1-2), 17-27 [10.14673/HE2023121110].

The importance of case studies in the study of ancient diseases and the fight against biomedical fake news: a set of cases to make a point

Varotto E.
2023-01-01

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This article offers a brief overview of the potential represented by palaeopathology both for the study of ancient diseases and for countering pseudoscience. To achieve this goal, it summarises a set of notable cases studied, or contributed to, by the authors of this paper. Moreover, the importance of the so-called “indirect sources” as complementary to the traditional palaeopathological ones is stressed.
2023
Galassi F.M., Varotto E. (2023). The importance of case studies in the study of ancient diseases and the fight against biomedical fake news: a set of cases to make a point. HUMAN EVOLUTION, 38(1-2), 17-27 [10.14673/HE2023121110].
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