Pathology and the Posture of Neanderthal Man
- 1 December 1957
- journal article
- research article
- Published by University of Chicago Press in The Quarterly Review of Biology
- Vol. 32 (4) , 348-363
- https://doi.org/10.1086/401979
Abstract
There is nothing in the total morphological pattern of Neanderthal man to justify the common assumption that he was other than a fully erect biped when standing and walking. The fact that the "old man" of La Chapelle-Aux-Saints, the postural prototype of Neanderthal man, did actually stand and walk with a pathological kyphosis is due to the fact that his spinal column, particularly the cervical component, was severely affected by a deforming arthritis. The La Quinta and La Ferrassie skull specimens exhibit other evidences of osteroarthritis of Neanderthal man.Keywords
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