{"id":24398,"date":"2019-03-13T11:57:42","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T15:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencescosmaincms.cm.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=24398"},"modified":"2019-03-16T10:47:52","modified_gmt":"2019-03-16T14:47:52","slug":"science-magazine-includes-anthropology-professors-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/science-magazine-includes-anthropology-professors-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Compelling Research on Disabilities in Ancient Cultures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8020 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2013\/08\/J-Marla-Toyne-new.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"242\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A new article in Science Magazine includes a UCF anthropology professor\u2019s research into attitudes ancient civilizations had toward people with conditions like dwarfism and cleft palates.<\/p>\n<p>The article reports on research presented at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/rare-disease-workshop\/\">first Workshop on Ancient Rare Diseases<\/a>, which was hosted in Berlin, Germany. Overwhelmingly, scientists challenged the conventional view that people with disabilities were treated as outcasts or left to fend for themselves. Multiple cases proved the opposite, including Egyptian royal tombs dating back 4,900 years holding the remains of two dwarfs.<\/p>\n<p>J. Marla Toyne, Ph.D., a physical anthropologist at UCF, presented the example of a partially preserved mummy buried around 1200 C.E. by the Chachapoya people in northern Peru. The man\u2019s body showed signs of a collapsed spine and bone loss, both likely caused by late-stage adult T-cell leukemia. This would have led to pain in his joints and limited mobility in a mountainous landscape. Regardless, this man was buried in a prime cliffside tomb.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe begin with the individual, but they never live alone,\u201d Toyne told Science Magazine. \u201cThe community was aware of his suffering. And they most likely had to make some accommodations for his care and treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Toyne\u2019s research focuses on human skeletal remains and burials primarily in Andean South America. Her anthropological interests include: the biocultural identification of violence and warfare; ritual activities; ethnic identity; and mortuary complexity in ancient civilizations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencemag.org\/news\/2019\/03\/people-dwarfism-and-cleft-palate-may-have-been-revered-ancient-times\">Click here<\/a> to read the full Science Magazine article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new article in Science Magazine includes a UCF anthropology professor\u2019s research into attitudes ancient civilizations had toward people with conditions like dwarfism and cleft palates. The article reports on research presented at the first Workshop on Ancient Rare Diseases, which was hosted in Berlin, Germany. 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