ANTHROP 2U03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, Mycobacterium Leprae, Treponema Pallidum

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTHROP 2U03
• Professor: Hendrik Poinar

Document Summary

Palaeopathology the science of interpreting evidence of disease in ancient human remains, paleopathology, describe and analyze standard observations on remains diagnose (direct evidence) Interpret impact of disease (indirect evidence more subjective: on individual, on society i. e. parasites. Can look without having dna to go with it on bone. Issue with looking for signs of disease on bone is that it takes a really long time for bones to react to infections. Acute infections that kill quickly won"t give bone a chance to respond. Different terms are used for these diseases through history, time and cultures not always easy to draw a parallel. It"s a long-lasting infection people aren"t dying from leprosy but die with it. In terms of hard tissues, teeth preserve the best as enamel on outside acts as extra protective case, the jawbone protects roots so when we look at teeth from remain, often in good condition.