Paleoserology

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Paleoserology or seroarchaeology refers to serological examinations on historical and prehistoric skeletons or soft tissues and their evaluation. From 1933, blood group properties were examined, although the possibility of detection in bone tissue has only been confirmed since 1963.

Seroarchaeological findings were made according to which there was a major influenza outbreak among humans between 1889 and 1893, caused by the influenza virus A / H3N8 .

However, many sources of error have put the informative value of such studies into perspective. The results of blood group determinations on old bones in 1983 were classified as unreliable. Tests by Ursula Schaper also did not provide a sufficiently reliable informative value of such investigations.

See also

Paleopathology , paleophysiology

literature

  • Gottfried Kellermann: A methodological investigation into the problem of paleoserology . Dissertation Mainz 1971.
  • Ursula Schaper: Determination of blood groups on historical bone material. On the problem of paleoserology. In: Würzburg medical history reports. Volume 5, 1987, pp. 209-243.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bernd Herrmann: Prehistoric Anthropology: Guide to field and laboratory methods. P. 224 [1] .
  2. ^ G. Albin Matson: Unexpected differences in distribution of blood groups among American Indians. In: Proc. soc. exper. Biol. Vol. 30, 1933, pp. 1380-1382.
  3. ↑ E. Yunis, J. Yunis: Cell antigens and cell specialization. III. On the H antigen receptors of human epidermal cells. In: Blood. Volume 22, 1963, pp. 750-756.
  4. ↑ Michael Worobey et al .: Genesis and pathogenesis of the 1918 pandemic H1N1. In: PNAS . Online advance publication of April 28, 2014, doi: 10.1073 / pnas.1324197111 .
  5. ↑ Steffen Berg , B. Bertozzi, R. Meier, S. Mendritzki: Comparative methodological contribution and critical remarks on the interpretation of blood group determinations on mummy relics and skeleton finds. In: Anthropologischer Anzeiger. Volume 41, No. 1, 1983, pp. 1-19.
  6. ↑ Ursula Schaper: Blood group determination on historical bone material. 1987, p. 222 ff.