Pathological alterations in the archaic Homo sapiens cranium from Eliye Springs, Kenya.
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.
Bräuer
Günter
G
Institute of Human Biology, University of Hamburg, Allende-Platz2, 20146 Hamburg, Germany. Guenter.Braeuer@uni-hamburg.de
Groden
Christoph
C
Delling
Günter
G
Kupczik
Kornelius
K
Mbua
Emma
E
Schultz
Michael
M
D000740:Anemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000266:history; D000818:Animals; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005580:Fossils; D049690:History, Ancient; D015186:Hominidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D007630:Kenya; D008297:Male; D010164:Paleopathology / Q000379:methods; D012886:Skull / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed