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Bioarchaeology

porous lesions of the skull vault linked to anemia, interpreted here as a possible adaptive response to pathogen load.

In bioarchaeology, porotic hyperostosis refers to porous lesions of the skull vault linked to anemia, interpreted here as a possible adaptive response to pathogen load. This meaning comes from Stuart‐Macadam (1992) in American Journal of Physical Anthropology.[1]

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References

Stuart‐Macadam, P. (1992). Porotic hyperostosis: A new perspective. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 87(1), 39-47. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.1330870105

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