Brief communication: New reconstruction of the taung endocast

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 529-534

  Falk, Dean ^a   Clarke, Ron ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Australopithecus africanus; O M sinus; Taung; Temporal pole; Virtual endocast

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS; ETHIOPIA; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; PARANTHROPUS; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; SKULL; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PALEONTOLOGY; SKULL;

EID: 36348955471     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20697     Document Type: Article

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