Variability of Broca's area homologue in African great apes: Implications for language evolution

Anatomical Record - Part A Discoveries in Molecular, Cellular, and Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 271, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 276-285

  Sherwood, Chet C ^a,b,c   Broadfield, Douglas C ^d,e   Holloway, Ralph L ^a,c   Gannon, Patrick J ^b,c   Hof, Patrick R ^b,c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c New York Consort in Evol Primatol   (United States)

^d FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain evolution; Broca's area; Chimpanzee; Gorilla; Great apes; Language

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; APE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; EVOLUTION; FRONTAL CORTEX; GORILLA; LANGUAGE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRASYLVIAN GYRUS;

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; GORILLA GORILLA; PAN TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0141925606     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.a.10046     Document Type: Article

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