The earliest evidence of true lambdoid craniosynostosis: the case of “Benjamina”, a Homo heidelbergensis child

Background The authors report the morphological and neuroimaging findings of an immature human fossil (Cranium 14) diagnosed with left lambdoid synostosis. Discussion The skull was recovered at the Sima de los Huesos site in Atapuerca (Burgos, Spain). Since the human fossil remains from this site ha...

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Autores: Gracia Téllez, Ana, Martínez Lage, Juan F., Arsuaga Ferreras, Juan Luis, Martínez Mendizábal, Ignacio, Lorenzo Merino, Carlos, Pérez Espejo, Miguel Ángel
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:España
Recursos:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/44443
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/44443
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:569.89(460.182)
Craniosynostosis
Lambdoid synostosis
Paleopathology
Deformational plagiocephaly
Posterior plagiocephaly
Skull deformation
Human evolution
Paleontología
2416 Paleontología
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Resumo:Background The authors report the morphological and neuroimaging findings of an immature human fossil (Cranium 14) diagnosed with left lambdoid synostosis. Discussion The skull was recovered at the Sima de los Huesos site in Atapuerca (Burgos, Spain). Since the human fossil remains from this site have been dated to a minimum age of 530,000 years, this skull represents the earliest evidence of craniosynostosis occurring in a hominid. A brief historical review of craniosynostosis and cranial deformation is provided.

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