102:, the presence of the condition has been considered evidence that a past population suffered chronic or episodic malnutrition. Anthropologists examine bones of past populations to learn about their lifestyles. A sub-discipline known as paleonutrition has focused on the presence of porotic hyperostosis, among other nutritional disorders. A high
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