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The girl from the Church of the Sacrament: a case of congenital syphilis in XVI...

Syphilis is a sexually or congenitally transmitted infectious disease with an impact on the health of human populations that has undergone important cycles in different countries and periods of history. Its presence was first diagnosed in Europe in the late XIV century. In Portugal, although there are various written records of the infection in the last centuries, there are rare references to it in archeologica...

Challenges of phylogenetic analyses of aDNA sequences

One of the crucial steps of authentication of aDNA sequences is phylogenetic consistency. Amplified sequences should fit into the phylogenetic framework of their supposed origin. An inherent property of aDNA sequences however, is their short sequence length. Additionally, genes for aDNA studies are often chosen by their preservation potential rather than by phylogenetically informative content. This poses poten...

A cabeça troféu Munduruku do Museu Antropológico da Universidade de Coimbra: an...

As cabeças humanas são utilizadas quer em rituais funerários quer como troféus de guerra e constituem objecto de estudo de grande interesse há mais de um século. Nos acervos de grandes museus as cabeças mumificadas pelos Munduruku têm destaque nas suas colecções, muito embora a maior parte delas nunca tenham sido estudadas detalhadamente. No Museu Antropológico da Universidade de Coimbra há uma destas cabeças, ...

Bone lesions in Sotalia fluviatilis (Cetacea) as a consequence of entanglement:...

The objective of the present study was to describe a set of lesions caused by entanglement of Sotalia fluviatilis accidentally captured by gillnet on July, 23, 1995, in the Northern Rio de Janeiro State (21º37'S-041º01'W), Southeastern of Brazil. The specimen presented lacerated lesions of the skin and subcutaneous tissue around the posterior extremity of the rostrum. Nylon twines were found associated to these...

Origens, adaptações e diversidade biológica do homem nativo da Amazônia