Brain expansion and rotation during hominid evolution

Human Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-33

  Falk, D ^a   Hildebolt, C ^b   Vannier, M W ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Australopithecine; Brain evolution; Cerebellum; Endocast; Frankfurt Horizontal

Indexed keywords

HOMINIDAE;

EID: 0007137081     PISSN: 03939375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02456986     Document Type: Article

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