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

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 723-727

  Gracia, Ana ^a   Martínez Lage, Juan F ^b   Arsuaga, Juan Luis ^a   Martínez, Ignacio ^a,c   Lorenzo, Carlos ^d   Pérez Espejo, Miguel Ángel ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^d INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEOECOLOGIA HUMANA I EVOLUCIÓ SOCIAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Craniosynostosis; Deformational plagiocephaly; Human evolution; Lambdoid synostosis; Paleopathology; Posterior plagiocephaly; Skull deformation

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; CASE REPORT; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; LAMBDOID CRANIOSYNOSTOSIS; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PLAGIOCEPHALY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPAIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TORTICOLLIS;

ANIMALS; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; SKULL; SPAIN;

EID: 77954427739     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-010-1133-y     Document Type: Review

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