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prerequisites for appreciating The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human
Paleopathology, by Arthur Aufderheide and Conrado Rodriguez-Martin. All human
life, death and disease is here, meticulously described and remorselessly
illustrated in forensic detail. This is an indispensable guide to the downside
of being human. Published by Cambridge University Press, £75, ISBN
0521552036.
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