School of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery, University of Salamanca, Spain.
Br Dent J. 2012 Mar 9;212(5):243-5. doi: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2012.176.
Atapuerca, in the north of Spain, is the archaeological site where the oldest hominid remains within Europe have been found. In 2008 a jaw fragment, corresponding to the symphyseal area, was discovered in the area called the 'Elephant's pit'. Its age has been estimated at 1.2 million years and it is considered to be the oldest human fossil found in Europe and is from the lower Pleistocene. This work analyses the dental and skeletal damage to the specimen, detected in a macroscopic study of possible horizontal and vertical bone loss at the level of support of the remaining teeth. The limited presence of dental scale, the pattern of destruction and the decreased bone density due to increased marrow spaces suggest the presence of possible periodontal disease.
阿塔普埃尔卡，位于西班牙北部，是发现欧洲最古老人类遗骸的考古遗址。2008 年，在被称为“大象坑”的区域发现了一块下颚碎片，与联合区域相对应。它的年龄估计为 120 万年，被认为是在欧洲发现的最古老的人类化石，属于更新世早期。这项工作分析了对标本的牙齿和骨骼损伤，这是在对可能的水平和垂直骨损失进行的宏观研究中发现的，位于剩余牙齿的支撑水平。牙齿表面有限、破坏模式以及由于骨髓腔增加导致的骨密度降低表明可能存在牙周病。
