The earliest evidence of true lambdoid craniosynostosis: the case of “Benjamina”, a Homo heidelbergensis child

Gracia Téllez, AnaMartínez Lage, Juan F.Arsuaga, Juan LuisMartínez Mendizábal, IgnacioLorenzo Merino, CarlosPérez Espejo, Miguel Ángel2023-06-202023-06-2020100256-704010.1007/s00381-010-1133-yhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/44443Background The authors report the morphological and neuroimaging findings of an immature human fossil (Cranium 14) diagnosed with left lambdoid synostosis. Discussion 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.engThe earliest evidence of true lambdoid craniosynostosis: the case of “Benjamina”, a Homo heidelbergensis childjournal articlehttp://link.springer.com/journal/381open access569.89(460.182)CraniosynostosisLambdoid synostosisPaleopathologyDeformational plagiocephalyPosterior plagiocephalySkull deformationHuman evolutionPaleontología2416 Paleontología