No skeletal dysplasia in the nariokotome boy KNM-WT 15000 (homo erectus) - A reassessment of congenital pathologies of the vertebral column

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 365-374

  Schiess, Regula ^a   Haeusler, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

axial dysplasia; early hominins; paleopathology; spine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DYSPLASIA; CASE REPORT; CONDYLUS TERTIUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DWARFISM; FOSSIL HOMININ; HOMO ERECTUS; HUMAN; MALE; SCOLIOSIS; SHORT STATURE; SKELETON; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; SPINE; SPONDYLOEPIPHYSEAL DYSPLASIA; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ANIMALS; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; MALE; PALEOPATHOLOGY; SKELETON; SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA; SPINAL CANAL; SPINE;

EID: 84874449645     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22211     Document Type: Article

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