Paralysis and severe disability requiring intensive care in Neolithic Asia
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- OXENHAM MARC F.
- School of Archaeology & Anthropology, Australian National University, Canberra
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- TILLEY LORNA
- School of Archaeology & Anthropology, Australian National University, Canberra
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- MATSUMURA HIROFUMI
- Department of Anatomy, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo
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- NGUYEN LAN CUONG
- Institute of Archaeology, Hanoi
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- NGUYEN KIM THUY
- Institute of Archaeology, Hanoi
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- NGUYEN KIM DUNG
- Institute of Archaeology, Hanoi
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- DOMETT KATE
- School of Veterinary and Biomedical Science, James Cook University, Townsville
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- HUFFER DAMIEN
- School of Archaeology & Anthropology, Australian National University, Canberra
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Abstract
This communication documents one of the earliest verifiable cases of human paralysis associated with severe spinal pathology. A series of skeletal abnormalities is described for a young adult male (M9) from a Southeast Asian Neolithic community. Differential diagnosis suggests that M9 suffered from a severely disabling congenital fusion of the spine (Klippel–Feil Syndrome, Type III), resulting in child-onset lower body paralysis at a minimum (maximally quadriplegia). M9 experienced severe, most probably total, incapacitation for at least a decade prior to death. In the prehistoric context, this individual’s condition would have rendered him completely dependent on others for survival.<br>
Journal
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- Anthropological Science
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Anthropological Science 117 (2), 107-112, 2009
The Anthropological Society of Nippon
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- CRID
- 1390001204311176192
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- NII Article ID
- 10029567290
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- NII Book ID
- AA11307827
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- ISSN
- 13488570
- 09187960
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- NDL BIB ID
- 10322928
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- Text Lang
- en
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
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- Disallowed