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Exploring Early Childhood Diet, Stress, Trophic Position and Dietary Protein Quality Using Amino Acid Nitrogen Isotope Compositions of Fingernail Keratin Objectives Evaluate the effectiveness of compound-specific nitrogen isotope analysis of amino acids (CSIA-AA) in reconstructing early childhood diets and detecting episodes of stress. Examine (1) pr...

Exploring Early Childhood Diet, Stress, Trophic Position and Dietary Protein Quality Using Amino Acid Nitrogen Isotope Compositions of Fingernail Keratin - Salahuddin - 2025 - American Journal of Biological Anthropology - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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The Invisible Evidence of Birth: Evaluating the Relationship Between Pelvic Shape and Parity with a Pelvic Pattern Index www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...

Incorporating Evolutionary Theory Into Forensic Anthropology Methods and Practice: A Proof‐of‐Concept Study Using Skeletal Sex Estimation This study shows measurements in the DSP2 sex-estimation method cluster into integrated modules. Selecting one measurement per module preserves accuracy while reducing redundancy, demonstrating the v...

Incorporating Evolutionary Theory Into Forensic Anthropology Methods and Practice: A Proof‐of‐Concept Study Using Skeletal Sex Estimation - Yim - 2025 - American Journal of Biological Anthropology - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

KEYNOTE 2

To round off Day 2 of #BABAO2025, we have our second Keynote Lecture:

Linda Mbeki discusses their research on ‘From bones to ancestors: Embodiment, structural violence, and social justice’ 👩🏿‍🦱⛓️⚖️

Visiting New Zealand professor to study Britain’s ‘skeletons in the closet’ - Durham University

Visiting New Zealand professor to study Britain’s ‘skeletons in the closet’ - www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...

World's oldest mummies were smoke-dried 10,000 years ago in China and Southeast Asia, researchers find The world's oldest evidence for purposeful human mummification comes from Southeast Asia, where people smoke-dried their ancestors' corpses 10,000 years ago.

Archaeologists may have found the world's oldest mummies: 10,000 years ago, groups smoke-dried their ancestors to preserve them. 🧪🏺

Bioarcheological Perspectives on the Timing of Adolescence in Rural Avar‐Age Austria, 7th–9th Centuries ce Objectives This study provides insights into adolescent development during the early medieval period in Austria and offers a point of comparison of the timing of sexual maturation relative to the Im...

Bioarcheological Perspectives on the Timing of Adolescence in Rural Avar‐Age Austria, 7th–9th Centuries ce - Klostermann - 2025 - American Journal of Biological Anthropology - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Skeletons in the closet: The moral dilemma facing museums and medical schools The NZ anthropologist facing a 'colossal job' to tackle the colonial bone trade legacy.

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Revealing Developmental Transitions in Perinatal and Infant Individuals Through Microanatomical Analysis Objectives Identifying signs of birth in perinatal human remains of past populations is challenging due to the lack of direct markers of this event on bones. This research aims to identify distinct ...

Revealing Developmental Transitions in Perinatal and Infant Individuals Through Microanatomical Analysis - Moreno - 2025 - American Journal of Human Biology - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Biocultural Perspectives of Infancy, Childhood and Adolescence in the Past: Challenges, Complexities, and Interdisciplinarity This article offers an introduction to this special issue which focusses on emerging biocultural insights into non-adult lives. The five papers included in this issue are deliberately temporally, g...

Full article: Biocultural Perspectives of Infancy, Childhood and Adolescence in the Past: Challenges, Complexities, and Interdisciplinarity www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The Non-Adult Burials of Cabeço da Amoreira, Muge (Portugal): Recent Discoveries and New Insights into Mesolithic Funerary Practices Cabeço da Amoreira, a key Mesolithic shell mound in the Muge region (central Portugal) provides critical insights into the funerary and socio-cultural practices of Western Europe’s last hunter-gath...

The Non-Adult Burials of Cabeço da Amoreira, Muge (Portugal): Recent Discoveries and New Insights into Mesolithic Funerary Practices: Childhood in the Past: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Beyond the Binary? A Multi‐Method Approach to Sexing Children at the Viking Age Site of Ihre, Gotland The assessment of sex is fundamental in osteoarcheological analysis, yet traditional morphological methods are less reliable for children due to the incomplete development of sexually dimorphic trait....

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Primary Canine Hypoplasia in African American and Indonesian Children: Prevalence, Expression and Tooth Size - Lukacs - 2025 - American Journal of Biological Anthropology - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Medieval skeletons reveal the lasting damage of childhood malnutrition – new study Medieval teeth reveal how childhood hunger echoes through generations.

Medieval skeletons reveal the lasting damage of childhood malnutrition – new study
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A Heavy Issue: Changes in Body Size in London Before, During and After the Black Death - Mongillo - 2025 - American Journal of Biological Anthropology - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Sharing a Bed With Your Kid? It’s Totally Normal in Asia.

Sharing a Bed With Your Kid? It’s Totally Normal in Asia. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/w...

One Paleopathology and lessons from the past This BioScience special issue explicitly focuses on One Health in advancing effective health interventions today and in the future. Interdisciplinarity is

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A Framework for Incorporating Diverse Gender Identities into Forensic Anthropology Casework and Theory : Recommendations for Inclusive Practices | Current Anthropology www-journals-uchicago-edu.ezproxy.otago.ac.nz/doi/10.1086/...

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Fostering Inclusive Practices of Citation and Teamwork in Biological Anthropology : A Comment on Källén et al. 2024 | Current Anthropology: Vol 66, No 3

Fostering Inclusive Practices of Citation and Teamwork in Biological Anthropology : A Comment on Källén et al. 2024 | Current Anthropology: Vol 66, No 3 www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Female lineages and changing kinship patterns in Neolithic Çatalhöyük Combining 131 paleogenomes with bioarchaeological and archaeological data, we studied social organization and gendered practices in Çatalhöyük East Mound (7100 to 5950 BCE), a major Neolithic settleme...

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A Medical-History Museum Contends with Its Collection of Human Remains Supporters saw the Mütter’s preserved fetuses, skulls, and “Soap Lady” as a celebration of human difference. New management saw an ethical and a political minefield.

A medical historical museum contends with its collection of human remains