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Each bone tells a story. Each story is a bridge between past, present and future.
Watch these short videos to:
1. Know how our research group at the Department of Natural Sciences rediscovers a forgotten part of our history and why it is important to talk today about ancient rare diseases.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U5TOPaaQMQ
2. Hear about one of the papers published in our Special Issue on Ancient Rare Diseases and how Dr Katharina Fuchs, of the Kiel University, and colleagues shed light on a 4000 years old case of Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease. Read the other articles on ancient rare diseases in the International Journal of Paleopathology. https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/international-journal-of-paleopathology/vol/33/suppl/CÂ
https://www.dainst.blog/hub/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2021/02/ARD_Fuchs-et-al-2021_abstract.mov