Disabilities in Prehistory

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New episode of Anthropology Profile! In this episode, I discuss handicaps and disabilities visible in the archaeological and fossil record of humans and examine if that savage "caveman" stereotype is actually warranted or not. Hope you enjoy! My apologies for the downgraded microphone/audio this episode, my usual microphone is missing right now, but hopefully by next video it will be back. Also sorry for the extended wait my bad! Citations: Crubézy, E., & Trinkaus, E. (1992). Shanidar 1: A case of hyperostotic disease (DISH) in the middle paleolithic. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 89(4), 411-420. doi:10.1002/ajpa.1330890402 Slon, V., Nagar, Y., Kuperman, T., & Hershkovitz, I. (2011). A Case of Dwarfism from the Byzantine City Rehovot-in-the-Negev, Israel. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. doi:10.1002/oa.1285 Hublin, J. (2009). The prehistory of compassion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,106(16), 6429-6430. doi:10.1073/pnas.0902614106 Mccomb, K., Baker, L., & Moss, C. (2006). African elephants show high levels of interest in the skulls and ivory of their own species. Biology Letters, 2(1), 26-28. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2005.0400 Frayer, D. W., Horton, W. A., Macchiarelli, R., & Mussi, M. (1987). Dwarfism in an adolescent from the Italian late Upper Palaeolithic. Nature, 330(6143), 60-62. doi:10.1038/330060a0 Hally, D. (2011). King The Social Archaeology of a Late Mississippian Town in Northwestern Georgia. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press. Gorman, J. (2012, December 17). Ancient Bones That Tell a Story of Compassion. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/18/science/ancient-bones-that-tell-a-story-of-compassion.html Stodder, A. L., & Palkovich, A. M. (2014). Bioarchaeology of individuals. Gainsville, FL: University Press of Florida.