Cribra orbitalia in the aborigines of Hawaii and Australia
- 2 May 2005
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in American Journal of Physical Anthropology
- Vol. 42 (1) , 91-93
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.1330420112
Abstract
Cranii of 53 Hawaiian aboriginal infants and children, and 45 from Austrailian aboriginal children were inspected. Cribra orbitalia was present in 22.8% of the former and 26.6% of the latter; osteoporotic pitting (symmetrical osteoporosis; porotic hyperostosis) was also present in the latter. The frequency compares favorably with that found in pre-Columbian North American Pueblo Indians, 24.7%. It is associated with a widespread skeletal involvement suggestive of an active bone marrow. The findings support the concept that cribra orbitalia is related to symmetrical osteoporosis and that it may be associated with a blood disorder.Keywords
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