Early Pleistocene human mandible from Sima del Elefante (TE) cave site in Sierra de Atapuerca (Spain): A palaeopathological study

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-11

  Martinón Torres, María ^a   Martín Francés, Laura ^a   Gracia, Ana ^b   Olejniczak, Anthony ^a   Prado Simón, Leyre ^a   Gómez Robles, Aida ^a   Lapresa, María ^a   Carbonell, Eudald ^c   Arsuaga, Juan Luis ^d   Bermúdez de Castro, José María ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE LA EVOLUCIÓN HUMANA CENIEH   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

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

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Compensatory eruption; Cyst; Dental calculus; Hypercementosis; Palaeopathology; Periodontal disease; Sierra de Atapuerca; Sima del Elefante cave site; Toothpick

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; PATHOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAXONOMY;

BURGOS [CASTILLA Y LEON]; CASTILLA Y LEON; SIERRA DE ATAPUERCA; SPAIN;

EID: 79956117639     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2011.01.004     Document Type: Article

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