SMITHSON'S REMAINS

The Krapina dental remains.

An analysis of age, specimen associations, demographic characteristics, and metric features is presented for the Krapina dental sample. A critical analysis of emergence criteria applicable to skeletal samples leads to an occlusal eruption schedule which can be used to determine wear rates. These are used to provide dental ages for the Krapina jaws and isolated teeth. A number of individual asso...

Identification of Skeletal Remains

Phosphorus remains exciting!

Today, the search for new element modifications is basically characterized by work under extreme conditions, in particular, high pressures and very often high temperatures. This situation is not surprising since the discovery of new elements and their characterization under normal conditions is more a topic of chemical-historical literature. Despite this, surprises are still found in the area o...

What remains of probability?

1. When I say “probability” I do not mean a Kolmogorovian ‘probability measure’ or similar mathematical notion. Of course, a definition—both coordinative1 and logical— plays a constitutive role in the very concept to be defined. Nevertheless, there seems no reason to include into the definition of probability that it “satisfies the Kolmogorovian axioms of probability theory”. For, once we know—...

Remains of infection.

In Lyme disease, musculoskeletal symptoms can persist after treatment, which has led to the hypothesis that the causal organism itself may escape antibiotic therapy. The controversy that surrounds this question extends beyond patients, physicians, and scientists, as public health organizations struggle with how the disease should be diagnosed and treated. Is Lyme disease an infection that resol...