Early brain growth in Homo erectus and implications for cognitive ability

Nature

Volumn 431, Issue 7006, 2004, Pages 299-302

  Coqueugniot, H ^a   Hublin, J J ^b   Veillon, F ^c   Houet F ^a   Jacob, T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c HÔPITAL DE HAUTEPIERRE   (France)

^d GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FETAL MONITORING;

FETAL PATTERNS; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN SKULL;

GROWTH KINETICS;

BRAIN; COGNITION; HUMAN ACTIVITY;

ARTICLE; BRAIN GROWTH; CHIMPANZEE; COGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FETUS GROWTH; GROWTH REGULATION; HOMINID; HOMO ERECTUS; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SKULL; SOCIAL ASPECT;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHILD REARING; COGNITION; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; INFANT; SKULL; TIME FACTORS;

HOMINIDAE; HOMO; HOMO ERECTUS; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

EID: 4644304189     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02852     Document Type: Article

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