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Pathological alterations in the archaic Homo sapiens cranium from Eliye Springs, Kenya
Author(s) -
Bräuer Günter,
Groden Christoph,
Delling Günter,
Kupczik Kornelius,
Mbua Emma,
Schultz Michael
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
american journal of physical anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1096-8644
pISSN - 0002-9483
DOI - 10.1002/ajpa.10144
Subject(s) - cranial vault , sagittal suture , skull , homo sapiens , anatomy , vault (architecture) , sagittal plane , thickening , pathological , paleopathology , computed tomography , medicine , geography , pathology , surgery , archaeology , chemistry , polymer science
This paper reports on the results of a first computerized tomography (CT)‐based study of the Middle Pleistocene matrix‐filled skull KNM‐ES 11693 from Eliye Springs at Lake Turkana. Ectocranially, the hominid cranium exhibits a remarkable enlargement of the vault symmetrical to the sagittal suture and a porotic surface covering most of the vault. CT analysis further revealed a strong thickening of the cranial vault as well as other relevant aspects. Differential diagnosis suggests that the changes of the Eliye Springs cranium were probably caused by chronic anemia in the childhood or youth of this individual. Am J Phys Anthropol 120:200–204, 2003. © 2003 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.