University of Leicester Bone Laboratory

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New publication alert 🚨

One of the most important objectives of funded The To***co, Health and History project has been to find out who was using to***co in the past before we could think about how it influenced health.

Anna Davies-Barrett and I are delighted to share one of our key papers on frequencies of to***co use in the past in the hope it encourages greater thought about the impact of consumption choices on health in the past. It is below.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/oa.70157

Using an interdisciplinary approach we show that in England and The Netherlands, it is likely that by the late 18th and early 19th century, approximately 50% of people were consuming, with it being almost ubiquitous in some communities. Contrary to most historical narratives, many women were using too although in different ways to men! To***co use and its forms are strongly entwined with gender, lifestyle/occupation and status, with age also potentially acting as a factor too.

Thank you all who made this research possible!

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The Burning Question: Frequencies of To***co Consumption in Postmedieval (16th–19th c. ) England and the Netherlands The frequency of to***co use during the postmedieval period is widely underexplored; this has repercussions for our understanding of the intoxicant's health impacts during this time. Our study assess...

New research from Sarah Inskip, Anna Davies-Barrett, Bianca Bonucci and Christiana Scheib on the funded To***co, Health & History team on evaluating the accuracy of s*x estimation traits in British post-medieval archaeological populations using genetic data from dental calculus

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajpa.70328

We show that the Phenice traits are highly accurate (95%+), but some of the cranial traits have accuracies that are not high (60-70%). We provide new sectioning points and some formulae (if you want) to help improve this. We hope this is useful to those working on contemporaneous populations :)

Comparing the Accuracy of Osteological S*x Estimation Against Genetic S*x Obtained From Human Dental Calculus in 12th–19th C. British Individuals Objectives For anthropologists and forensic scientists, s*x estimation using skeletally dimorphic traits is fundamental in biological profile reconstruction. Archaeogenetic research on past populati...

Job alert 🚨 we have a fantastic opportunity for a PDRA in metabolomics on the TBOmics project which aims to improve TB diagnostics for past communities. If you have experience in human bone research and bioinformatics it could be for you! Take a look

https://jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/13232/research-associate-in-metabolomics.html

Research Associate in Metabolomics in Leicester | University of Leicester Recruitment Team View details and apply for this Research Associate in Metabolomics vacancy in Leicester. We are seeking a talented and motivated Research Associate in Metabolomics to join an exciting interdisciplinary project investigating tuberculosis through archaeological science. This...

🚨We are hiring🚨 we are looking for a laboratory technician for the new UKRI TBOmics project at the School of Heritage and Culture at the University of Leicester

https://jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/13012/biomolecular-laboratory-technician.html

We are looking for someone with experience in handling human (skeletal) remains and daily running of the Biomolecular lab who is curious, detail oriented and a string team player. Get in touch if you are interested!

Biomolecular Laboratory Technician in Leicester | University of Leicester Recruitment Team View details and apply for this Biomolecular Laboratory Technician vacancy in Leicester. This role is part of the UKRI-FLF funded Bioarchaeology and Tuberculosis Evolution project. You will prepare samples of bone and calculus for genetics, metabolomics and proteomics. You will wo...