Paleopathological evidence of the cranial remains from the Sima de los Huesos Middle Pleistocene site (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain). Description and preliminary inferences

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 33, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 409-421

  Pérez, Pilar Julia ^a   Gracia, Ana ^a   Martínez, Ignacio ^a   Arsuaga, Juan Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fossil hominids; Middle Pleistocene; Paleopathology; Sima de los Huesos; Skulls

Indexed keywords

HOMINIDAE; PRIMATES;

CRANIAL MORPHOLOGY; HOMINID; PALAEOPATHOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; CHILD; HEAD INJURY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HYPEROSTOSIS; JAW DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; OSTEITIS; OSTEOMA; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SKULL; SPAIN; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER;

ADULT; BONE DISEASES; CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DEAFNESS; HUMANS; HYPEROSTOSIS; MAXILLARY DISEASES; OSTEITIS; OSTEOMA; PALEOPATHOLOGY; SKULL; SPAIN; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS;

SPAIN, CASTILLAY LEON, BURGOS, SIERRA DE ATAPUERCA;

EID: 0031204357     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1997.0139     Document Type: Article

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