Has archaeology got anything to do with medicine? Yes, everything medicine is relevant to archaeology. Archaeology used to be only digging and more digging. But now, digging and findings have to be verified. If a new ancient site is found, we need to date the site by carbon dating, to the exact years or duration. If human remains are found, we need to know whether they are male or female, why they died, when they died, and at what age, etc. This will require some amount of Forensics. If food residues are found inside the human remains or in the vicinity of the human corpses, we need to know what they are, how they were grown (farmed) and eaten, and storage conditions. The foodstuff and the corpses will require DNA analysis to see what food and what human genes they had in the past. If they are giants, then we need to know what genes contributed to their great sizes and heights.
For human remains, soft tissues usually disappear fast and we are left with just hard tissues to work with - bones and teeth. We have never been able to obtain brains of deceased humans; if we can get the brains, and if we have the right technology, can't we playback what was in their brains? Can we make the brains tell us what the eyes saw during their times? Is it mere fiction or we just don't have the technology today to do just that? Is the brain a true storage system but only when we are alive? Is the brain no longer a storage system when we die, while the brain is still intact? How do we tap into the brain before we bury the dead? Is it possible? Is it ethical? Is this right to venture into such research? Why? Why not?
For human remains, soft tissues usually disappear fast and we are left with just hard tissues to work with - bones and teeth. We have never been able to obtain brains of deceased humans; if we can get the brains, and if we have the right technology, can't we playback what was in their brains? Can we make the brains tell us what the eyes saw during their times? Is it mere fiction or we just don't have the technology today to do just that? Is the brain a true storage system but only when we are alive? Is the brain no longer a storage system when we die, while the brain is still intact? How do we tap into the brain before we bury the dead? Is it possible? Is it ethical? Is this right to venture into such research? Why? Why not?
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