Brain size and the human cranial base: A prenatal perspective

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 324-340

  Jeffery, Nathan ^a   Spoor, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basicranium; Fetal ontogeny; Human evolution; MRI; Relative encephalization

Indexed keywords

BRAIN SIZE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONTOGENY; PETROUS BONE; PHYLOGENY; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIMATE; REVIEW; SKULL; SKULL BASE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEPHALOMETRY; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036322042     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10040     Document Type: Review

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