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Possible Further Evidence of Low Genetic Diversity in the El Sidrón (Asturias, Spain) Neandertal Group: Congenital Clefts of the Atlas.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Ríos Luis, Rosas Antonio, Estalrrich Almudena, García-Tabernero Antonio, Bastir Markus, Huguet Rosa, Pastor Francisco, Sanchís-Gimeno Juan Alberto, de la Rasilla Marco
Abstract excerpt
We present here the first cases in Neandertals of congenital clefts of the arch of the atlas. Two atlases from El Sidrón, northern Spain, present respectively a defect of the posterior (frequency in extant modern human populations ranging from 0.73% to 3.84%), and anterior (frequency in extant modern human populations ranging from 0.087% to 0.1%) arch, a condition in most cases not associated with any clinical...
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