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Brief communication: “Pathological” deformation in the skull of LB1, the type specimen of Homo floresiensis
Author(s) -
Kaifu Yousuke,
Baba Hisao,
Kurniawan Iwan,
Sutikna Thomas,
Saptomo E. Wahyu,
Awe Rokhus Due,
Kaneko Tsuyoshi,
Aziz Fachroel,
Djubiantono Tony
Publication year - 2009
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.21066
Subject(s) - holotype , skull , anatomy , craniofacial , biology , zoology , taxonomy (biology) , genetics
Abstract If the holotype of Homo floresiensis , LB1, suffered from a severe developmental pathology, this could undermine its status as the holotype of a new species. One of the proposed pathological indicators that still remains untested is asymmetric distortion in the skull of LB1 (Jacob et al.: Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 103 (2006) 13421–13426). Here, we present evidence that LB1 exhibits antemortem craniofacial deformities that are consistent with posterior deformational (positional) plagiocephaly. This is a relatively common condition in modern people with no serious associated health problems and does not represent a severe developmental abnormality in LB1. Am J Phys Anthropol 2009. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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