Brief communication: "Pathological" deformation in the skull of LB1, the type specimen of Homo floresiensis

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 177-185

  Kaifu, Yousuke ^a,b   Baba, Hisao ^a   Kurniawan, Iwan ^c   Sutikna, Thomas ^d   Saptomo, E Wahyu ^d   Jatmiko, ^d   Awe, Rokhus Due ^d   Kaneko, Tsuyoshi ^e   Aziz, Fachroel ^c   Djubiantono, Tony ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Geological Museum   (Indonesia)

^d National Research and Development Centre for Archaeology   (Indonesia)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deformational plagiocephaly; Flores; LB1; Liang Bua

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACE ASYMMETRY; HOMINID; HOMO FLORESIENSIS; HUMAN; PLAGIOCEPHALY; SKULL; SKULL MALFORMATION;

ANIMALS; CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; SKULL;

EID: 68949113843     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21066     Document Type: Article

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