Lukaszek D. A., Irish J. D., Balzeau A., Froment Alain. (2010). Like I need a hole in the head : supernumerary external auditory meatus in a Carthaginian cranium. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 20 (3), p. 344-350. ISSN 1047-482X.
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Like I need a hole in the head : supernumerary external auditory meatus in a Carthaginian cranium
Lukaszek D. A., Irish J. D., Balzeau A., Froment Alain
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International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 2010,
20 (3), p. 344-350 ISSN 1047-482X
Cranial anomalies vary in degree of expression. Although some are nominal i.e. slight in expression, other anomalies are quite striking in appearance. Such is the case in a cranium recovered from the archaeological site of Carthage in Tunisia. Based on observations during ongoing research by the second author, this specimen was seen to exhibit a twinned right external auditory meatus. Possible explanations for the presence of this anomaly are explored. Trauma and perhaps disease can likely be excluded; congenital or epigenetic variation is more of a probable cause.
