The natural endocast of Taung (Australopithecus africanus): Insights from the unpublished papers of Raymond Arthur Dart

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 140, Issue SUPPL. 49, 2009, Pages 49-65

  Falk, Dean ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthur Keith; Australopithecus africanus; Brain; Endocast; Grafton Elliot Smith; Lunate sulcus; Raymond Dart; Taung

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CALCARINE SULCUS; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DURA MATER; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL HOMININ; HOMINID; HUMAN; LUNATE BONE; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; PITHECANTHROPUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SKULL SUTURE; SOUTH AFRICA; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; ANIMAL; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; HISTORY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKULL;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BRAIN; FOSSILS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HOMINIDAE; SKULL;

AUSTRALOPITHECINAE; AUSTRALOPITHECUS; AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS; HOMINOIDEA; PITHECANTHROPUS;

EID: 70449553310     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21184     Document Type: Article

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