title: The earliest evidence of true lambdoid craniosynostosis: the case of "Benjamina", a Homo heidelbergensis child.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Centro Mixto UCM-ISCIII de Evolución y Comportamiento Humanos, C. Sinesio Delgado 4, Pabellón14, 28029, Madrid, Spain. agracia@isciii.es
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gracia
authors.forename: Juan F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Martínez-Lage
authors.forename: Juan-Luis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Arsuaga
authors.forename: Ignacio
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Martínez
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lorenzo
authors.forename: Miguel-Angel
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Pérez-Espejo
mesh_terms: 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