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00925njm 22002777a 4500 dc Gracia Téllez, Ana author Arsuaga Ferreras, Juan Luis author Martínez Mendizábal, Ignacio author Lorenzo Merino, Carlos author Carretero, José Miguel author Bermúdez de Castro, José María author Carbonell i Roura, Eudald author 2009-04-21 We report here a previously undescribed human Middle Pleistocene immature specimen, Cranium 14, recovered at the Sima de los Huesos (SH) site (Atapuerca, Spain), that constitutes the oldest evidence in human evolution of a very rare pathology in our own species, lambdoid single suture craniosynostosis (SSC). Both the ecto- and endo-cranial deformities observed in this specimen are severe. All of the evidence points out that this severity implies that the SSC occurred before birth, and that facial asymmetries, as well as motor/cognitive disorders, were likely to be associated with this condition. The analysis of the present etiological data of this specimen lead us to consider that Cranium 14 is a case of isolated SSC, probably of traumatic origin. The existence of this pathological individual among the SH sample represents also a fact to take into account when referring to sociobiological behavior in Middle Pleistocene humans. 0027-8424 http://www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.0900965106 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/42691 http://www.pnas.org/ http://www.pnas.org/content/106/16/6573 Craniosynostosis in the Middle Pleistocene human Cranium 14 from the Sima de los Huesos, Atapuerca, Spain