title: Homo neanderthalensis; first documented benign intraosseous tumor in maxillofacial skeleton.
abstract: This report deals with the first benign intraosseous tumor of the maxillofacial skeleton ever documented in a species of the Homo genus, to our knowledge. The lower jaw, which belonged to a representative of Homo neanderthalensis, indicated that expansive processes with bone remodeling were already present in ancient times, showing no difference with similar disease patterns found daily in modern Homo sapiens.
authors.affiliation: Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy. giuseppe.colella@unina2.it
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Colella
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cappabianca
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gerardi
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mallegni
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005580:Fossils; D049690:History, Ancient; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods; D007558:Italy; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000266:history*; D059125:Neanderthals; D010164:Paleopathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods