%0 Journal Article
%A Gracia Téllez, Ana
%A Martínez Lage, Juan F.
%A Arsuaga, Juan Luis
%A Martínez Mendizábal, Ignacio
%A Lorenzo Merino, Carlos
%A Pérez Espejo, Miguel Ángel
%T The earliest evidence of true lambdoid craniosynostosis:the case of “Benjamina”, a Homo heidelbergensis child
%D 2010
%@ 0256-7040
%U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/44443
%X Background The authors report the morphological andneuroimaging findings of an immature human fossil(Cranium 14) diagnosed with left lambdoid synostosis.Discussion The skull was recovered at the Sima de losHuesos site in Atapuerca (Burgos, Spain). Since the humanfossil remains from this site have been dated to a minimumage of 530,000 years, this skull represents the earliestevidence of craniosynostosis occurring in a hominid. Abrief historical review of craniosynostosis and cranialdeformation is provided.
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