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More on the porotic hyperostosis at Olduvai Gorge

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Adam Van Arsdale

John Crandall and Deb Martin write a reply to Domínguez-Rodrigo et al. (which I commented on last week) that seems to broaden some of the points I raised. They like the diagnosis of porotic hyperostosis, but are skeptical of the … Continue reading →

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Meat-eating, porotic hyperostosis and early Homo

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Adam Van Arsdale

A large group of researchers working at Olduvai Gorge, including Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo (IDEA, Madrid), Charles Musiba (UC-Denver) and Henry Bunn (U. Wisconsin), have a paper out in PLOS One this week on evidence of porotic hyperostosis in a 1.5 million … Continue reading →

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