Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 20560, USA.
Virchows Arch. 2011 Sep;459(3):247-54. doi: 10.1007/s00428-011-1122-x. Epub 2011 Jul 21.
Human skeletal paleopathology provides important insight regarding the antiquity of some diseases and their distribution in past human groups. The history of human skeletal paleopathology extends back more than 150 years. Rudolf Virchow published reports on the subject, and research on paleopathology has provided critical data on important topics such as the origin of syphilis. With the development of powerful new research tools, human paleopathology will continue to be a source of data on the development of disease and its effect on human biological and cultural development.
人类骨骼古病理学为某些疾病的古老起源及其在过去人类群体中的分布提供了重要的见解。人类骨骼古病理学的历史可以追溯到 150 多年前。鲁道夫·菲尔绍发表了有关该主题的报告，而古病理学研究为梅毒起源等重要主题提供了关键数据。随着强大的新研究工具的发展，人类古病理学将继续成为疾病发展及其对人类生物和文化发展影响的数据源。
