PÁLFI, György; MOLNÁR, Erika; BERECZKI, Zsolt; COQUEUGNIOT, Hélène; DUTOUR, Olivier; TILLIER, Anne-Marie; ROSENDAHL, Wilfried; SKLÁNITZ, Antal; MESTER, Zsolt; GASPARIK, Mihály; MAIXNER, Frank; ZINK, Albert; MINNIKIN, David; PAP, Ildikó

doi:10.1016/j.tube.2023.102419

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PÁLFI, György
Department of Biological Anthropology, Institute of Biology, University of Szeged

MOLNÁR, Erika
Department of Biological Anthropology, Institute of Biology, University of Szeged

BERECZKI, Zsolt
Department of Biological Anthropology, Institute of Biology, University of Szeged

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Tuberculosis. 2023-12, vol. 143, p. 102419

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In 1932, skeletal remains of two Neanderthal individuals, a young adult female and a 3–4–year-old child, were discovered in Subalyuk Cave in Northern Hungary [1,2]. Results of the anthropological examination were published some years after this important discovery. Methodological progress encouraged re-examination of the material during the last few years. Radiocarbon dating revealed a chronological age of 39,732–39,076 cal. BP for the adult female and 36,117–35,387 cal. BP for the child [3]. Morphological paleopathological studies of these Neanderthal remains uncovered distinct evidence of skeletal infections. Alterations of the adult individual’s sacrum suggest probable early-stage sacroiliitis, while several vertebral bodies indicate superficial osseous remodelling of infectious origin. Traces of pathological lesions were observed on the endocranial surface of the child’s skull, reflecting a reaction of meningeal tissues, a consequence of a probable TB-related meningeal infectious process. Results of recent paleomicrobiological examinations – lipid biomarker and aDNA studies – support the morphological diagnosis of probable TB infections [4]< Réduire

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Neanderthal remains, Paleopathology, Tuberculosis, Tuberculous meningitis, Subalyuk cave, Hungary

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Re-examination of the Subalyuk Neanderthal remains uncovers signs of probable TB infection (Subalyuk Cave, Hungary)

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