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Hindawi, Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, (2012), p. 1-5, 2012

DOI: 10.1155/2012/691717

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The First Report on the Medicinal Use of Fossils in Latin America

Journal article published in 2012 by Geraldo Jorge Barbosa Moura, Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque ORCID
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Abstract

There have been very few ethnopharmacological studies performed on the traditional use of fossil species, although a few records have been conducted in Asia, Africa, and Europe. This study is the first ever to be performed on the use of Testudine (turtle) fossils for folk medicine in Latin America. An investigation was conducted in the Araripe Basin, which is one of the most important fossil-bearing reserves in the world due to the diversity, endemism, and quality of preservation of its fossils. We propose the formalization of a new discipline called ethnopaleontology, which will involve the study of the dynamic relationship between humans and fossils, from human perception to direct use.