Endocranial cast of Hexian Homo erectus from South China

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 445-454

  Wu, Xiujie ^a   Schepartz, Lynne A ^b   Falk, Dean ^c   Liu, Wu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain evolution; Endocast; Hexian; Homo erectus; Zhoukoudian

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN AQUEDUCT; CHINA; DURA MATER; ENDOCAST; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GEOLOGY; HOMO ERECTUS; INDONESIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCCIPITAL BONE; PARIETAL LOBE; PLASTER CAST;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHINA; CRANIAL SINUSES; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGES; SKULL;

EID: 33746265529     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20378     Document Type: Article

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