The original scientific description of the specimen noted similarities to European and western Asian Neanderthals, but the Maba cranium lacks the unique anatomic features of Neanderthals and thus makes classification difficult.
Kenneth Carpenter, who studied the specimen, noted that there also seems to be a healed fracture in the left hip which predated the attack because it was more fully healed.
After positioning on the plastic grid, a detailed map was drawn of each specimen, noting the location of the individual nodes as they were situated in the fatty ALND tissue, using the horizontal and vertical lines of the grid as longitude and latitude references.
One of the primary ecological havens on the seamount is its deep sea coral garden, and many of the specimens noted were over a century old.
After the surrender, a dispute arose over the fate of French archaeological and scientific discoveries in Egypt, including a group of artifacts, biological specimens, notes, plans and drawings collected by the members of the commission.
The reporting week of positive specimens noted in the Weekly Virology Reports was the week of laboratory diagnosis.
Data and photographs of specimens noted here from literature records, museums, and private collections were collated into a database (Additional Files 1, 4).
All specimens noted are most likely immature juveniles, much too small to be adults (supposed adults are present in further material still under study), but too large to represent young larvae.
Berry [ 42] in an extensive series of histopathological investigations of cervical specimens, noted presence of eggs without inflammation; mild cervicitis with scattered lymphocytes, histiocytes and plasma cells, sometimes associated with atrophic epithelium; scattered eosinophils throughout the connective tissue; interstitial hemorrhage, chronic cervicitis often with ulceration.
The initial weight of each specimen was noted before immersion using an analytical balance (precision: ±0.1 mg).
