Paleoneurology of an "early" Neandertal: endocranial size, shape, and features of Saccopastore 1

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 729-742

  Bruner, Emiliano ^a   Manzi, Giorgio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain morphology; Computed tomography; Endocast; Paleoanthropology

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CRANIUM; MORPHOLOGY; NEANDERTHAL; NEUROLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 43249101987     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2007.08.014     Document Type: Article

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