Of muscle-bound crania and human brain evolution: The story behind the MYH16 headlines

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 232-236

  McCollum, Melanie A ^a,b   Sherwood, Chet C ^b   Vinyard, Christopher J ^b,c   Lovejoy, C Owen ^b   Schachat, Fred ^d  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calvarial growth; Human encephalization; Masticatory myosin; Muscle fiber plasticity

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; HUMAN EVOLUTION; MUSCLE;

CRANIA;

EID: 32044449616     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2005.10.003     Document Type: Article

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