An enlarged parietal foramen in the late archaic Xujiayao 11 neurocranium from Northern China, and rare anomalies among Pleistocene Homo
Autor: | Erik Trinkaus, Song Xing, Xiujie Wu |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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China
Anatomy and Physiology Perforation (oil well) lcsh:Medicine Archaic humans Biology Social and Behavioral Sciences Human Evolution Neurological System Diagnosis Differential Parietal Bone Diagnostic Medicine Paleoanthropology Cranial vault medicine Pathology Animals Humans Parietal foramen Comparative Anatomy lcsh:Science Encephalocele Evolutionary Biology Multidisciplinary Anthropometry Fossils lcsh:R Hominidae Anatomy Sulcus Biological Evolution Organismal Evolution Sagittal suture Neuroanatomy Biological Anthropology medicine.anatomical_structure Neurocranium Anthropology Microscopy Electron Scanning Medicine lcsh:Q Tomography X-Ray Computed Parietal bone Research Article |
Zdroj: | PLoS ONE, Vol 8, Iss 3, p e59587 (2013) PLoS ONE |
ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
Popis: | We report here a neurocranial abnormality previously undescribed in Pleistocene human fossils, an enlarged parietal foramen (EPF) in the early Late Pleistocene Xujiayao 11 parietal bones from the Xujiayao (Houjiayao) site, northern China. Xujiayao 11 is a pair of partial posteromedial parietal bones from an adult. It exhibits thick cranial vault bones, arachnoid granulations, a deviated posterior sagittal suture, and a unilateral (right) parietal lacuna with a posteriorly-directed and enlarged endocranial vascular sulcus. Differential diagnosis indicates that the perforation is a congenital defect, an enlarged parietal foramen, commonly associated with cerebral venous and cranial vault anomalies. It was not lethal given the individual’s age-at-death, but it may have been associated with secondary neurological deficiencies. The fossil constitutes the oldest evidence in human evolution of this very rare condition (a single enlarged parietal foramen). In combination with developmental and degenerative abnormalities in other Pleistocene human remains, it suggests demographic and survival patterns among Pleistocene Homo that led to an elevated frequency of conditions unknown or rare among recent humans. |
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