Paleopathological characteristics of Neolithic early rice farmers in the lower reaches of the Yangtze river

Paleopathological investigations of human remains from the Neolithic Hemudu culture in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River in southern East Asia were conducted to clarify the health status of people in early rice-farming societies. Our results show that the occurrence ratios of cribra orbitalia a...

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Main Authors: Junmei Sawada, Guoping Sun, Weijin Huang, Shinji Kubota, Fumiko Saeki, Kenji Okazaki, Minoru Yoneda, Shin’ichi Nakamura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Earth Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2023.1225928/full