The earliest evidence of true lambdoid craniosynostosis: the case of "Benjamina", a Homo heidelbergensis child.
BACKGROUND
The authors report the morphological and neuroimaging findings of an immature human fossil (Cranium 14) diagnosed with left lambdoid synostosis.


CONCLUSIONS
The skull was recovered at the Sima de los Huesos site in Atapuerca (Burgos, Spain). Since the human fossil remains from this site have been dated to a minimum age of 530,000 years, this skull represents the earliest evidence of craniosynostosis occurring in a hominid. A brief historical review of craniosynostosis and cranial deformation is provided.
Gracia
Ana
A
Centro Mixto UCM-ISCIII de Evolución y Comportamiento Humanos, C. Sinesio Delgado 4, Pabellón14, 28029, Madrid, Spain. agracia@isciii.es
Martínez-Lage
Juan F
JF
Arsuaga
Juan-Luis
JL
Martínez
Ignacio
I
Lorenzo
Carlos
C
Pérez-Espejo
Miguel-Angel
MA
D000818:Animals; D003398:Craniosynostoses / Q000266:history* / Q000473:pathology; D005580:Fossils; D049690:History, Ancient; D015186:Hominidae; D006801:Humans; D012886:Skull / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000473:pathology*; D013030:Spain