Endocranial shape asymmetries in Pan paniscus, Pan troglodytes and Gorilla gorilla assessed via skull based landmark analysis

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 54-69

  Balzeau, Antoine ^a,b   Gilissen, Emmanuel ^b,c,d  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain asymmetries; Brain shape; CT scans; Endocasts; Great apes; Petalias

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; BRAIN; HOMINID; SHAPE; SKULL; TOMOGRAPHY;

GORILLA GORILLA; HOMINIDAE; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 77954213626     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2010.03.013     Document Type: Article

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