Posterior deformational plagiocephaly properly explains the cranial asymmetries in LB1: A reply to Eckhardt and Henneberg

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 335-336

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

^a DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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

^d Geological Survey Institute   (Indonesia)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; PLAGIOCEPHALY; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 78349302370     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21387     Document Type: Short Survey

References (11)

1. Aiello LC,. 2010. Five years of Homo floresiensis. Am J Phys Anthropol 142: 167-179.
2. Antón SC,. 1999. Cranial growth in Homo erectus: how credible are the Ngandong juveniles? Am J Phys Anthropol 108: 223-236.
3. Biggs WS,. 2003. Diagnosis and management of positional head deformity. Am Fam Phys 67: 1953-1956.
4. Brown P, Maeda T,. 2009. Liang Bua Homo floresiensis mandibles and mandibular teeth: a contribution to the comparative morphology of a new hominin species. J Hum Evol 57: 571-596.
5. Brown P, Sutikna T, Morwood MJ, Soejono RP, Jatmiko, Saptomo EW, Rokus Due Awe,. 2004. A new small-bodied hominin from the late pleistocene of Flores, Indonesia. Nature 431: 1055-1061.
6. Eckhardt RB, Henneberg M,. LB1 from Liang Bua, Flores: craniofacial asymmetry confirmed, plagiocephaly diagnosis dubious. Am J Phys Anthropol. DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21369.
7. Jacob T, Indriati E, Soejono RP, Hsü K, Frayer DW, Eckhardt RB, Kuperavage AJ, Thorne A, Henneberg M,. 2006. Pygmoid Australomelanesian Homo sapiens skeletal remains from Liang Bua, Flores: population affinities and pathological abnormalities. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 103: 13421-13426.
8. Jungers WL, Larson SG, Harcourt-Smith W, Morwood MJ, Sutikna T, Rokhus Due Awe, Djubiantono T,. 2009. Descriptions of the lower limb skeleton of Homo floresiensis. J Hum Evol 57: 538-554.
9. Kaifu Y, Aziz F, Indriati E, Jacob T, Kurniawan I, Baba H,. 2008. Cranial morphology of Javanese Homo erectus: new evidence for continuous evolution, specialization, and terminal extinction. J Hum Evol 55: 551-580.
10. Kaifu Y, Baba H, Kurniawan I, Sutikna T, Wahyu Saptomo E, Jatmiko, Rokhus Due Awe, Kaneko T, Aziz F, Djubiantono T,. 2009. "Pathological" deformation in the skull of LB1, the type specimen of Homo floresiensis. Am J Phys Anthropol 140: 177-185.
11. Turk AE, McCarthy JG, Thorne CHM, Wisoff JH,. 1996. The "Back to sleep campaign" and deformational plagiocephaly: is there cause for concern? J Craiofac Surg 7: 12-18.