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Bioarchaeology

the problem that skeletal samples are selective, so healthier-looking skeletons may come from people who died before disease could mark bone.

In bioarchaeology, osteological paradox refers to the problem that skeletal samples are selective, so healthier-looking skeletons may come from people who died before disease could mark bone. This meaning comes from Wood (1992) in Current Anthropology.[1]

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Wood, J. W., Milner, G. R., Harpending, H. C., & Weiss, K. M. (1992). The osteological paradox: Problems of inferring prehistoric health from skeletal samples. Current Anthropology, 33(4), 343-370. https://doi.org/10.1086/204084

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