TY - JOUR
T1 - Brief communication
T2 - An early case of hydrocephalus: The Middle Paleolithic Qafzeh 12 child (Israel)
AU - Tillier, Anne Marie
AU - Arensburg, Baruch
AU - Duday, Henri
AU - Vandermeersch, Bernard
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Remains of 15 hominids were recovered within a Mousterian archaeological context in the cave of Qafzeh, Israel. Dated to ca. 95 kyr BP, this skeletal material has been crucial for understanding biological, chronological, and cultural aspects of anatomically modern ancient Homo sapiens. The high proportion of children (N = 8) in Qafzeh Cave is unique among Middle Palaeolithic sites and encourages the search for skeletal evidence of disease and trauma. We report on the case of one child, Qafzeh 12, ca. 3 years old (according to modern human reference standards), who manifests some outstanding skeletal abnormalities that indicate hydrocephalus.
AB - Remains of 15 hominids were recovered within a Mousterian archaeological context in the cave of Qafzeh, Israel. Dated to ca. 95 kyr BP, this skeletal material has been crucial for understanding biological, chronological, and cultural aspects of anatomically modern ancient Homo sapiens. The high proportion of children (N = 8) in Qafzeh Cave is unique among Middle Palaeolithic sites and encourages the search for skeletal evidence of disease and trauma. We report on the case of one child, Qafzeh 12, ca. 3 years old (according to modern human reference standards), who manifests some outstanding skeletal abnormalities that indicate hydrocephalus.
KW - Child
KW - Hominid paleontology
KW - Hydrocephalus
KW - Middle Paleolithic
KW - Paleopathology
KW - Qafzeh
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U2 - 10.1002/1096-8644(200102)114:2<166::AID-AJPA1017>3.0.CO;2-3
DO - 10.1002/1096-8644(200102)114:2<166::AID-AJPA1017>3.0.CO;2-3
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AN - SCOPUS:0035142409
SN - 0002-9483
VL - 114
SP - 166
EP - 170
JO - American Journal of Physical Anthropology
JF - American Journal of Physical Anthropology
IS - 2
ER -