ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Hyperostosis, Osteology, Hypoplasia

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTHROP 1AA3
• Professor: Andrew Wade

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Skeletal sample is not a sample of living people. Less than 5% of those who have tb (tuberculosis) will exhibit skeletal lesions. People with weak immune systems may not exhibit skeletal lesions (skeleton will. A thinning of the brain caused by the production of porous bone. This is said to be related to iron-deficiency anemia. Infants develop self-imposed iron-deficiency anemia as a protective mechanism. Age (younger children and older adult more at risk) Social conditions (public health services, changing land, travel) Environmental conditions (temperature, humidity affect the transmission of. Paleopathology: the study of disease and injury in the human skeleton. Variables that affect the expression of disease disease) Enamel hypoplasia, a general indicator of stress during growth and development. This is commonly found in children and is an indicator of the age at which a disease occurred - looks like horizontal lines on teeth. Paleolithic diet lots of vegetables, low fat, sodium.