Diagnosis 5000 Years Later: Disease and Healing in Early Human History examines the health, diseases and medical practices of prehistoric humans and the early ancient world. The author, Calvin Wells, combines insights from archaeology, anatomy and medical science to reconstruct how early societies experienced, diagnosed and treated disease long before modern medicine existed. In addition to descriptions of bone and skeletal findings, Wells discusses the cultural context of disease, the development of healing practices, and how early humans conceptualised their bodies and health without written medical traditions. Calvin Wells (1908-1978) was a British physician, paleoanthropologist, and forensic specialist. He combined medical expertise with archaeological and anthropological methods to study disease and health aspects of early human societies. Wells published several groundbreaking works on skeletal remains and the interpretation of disease in archaeological contexts, and he is recognised for integrating clinical knowledge with prehistoric evidence.