Identification of Zhoukoudian Homo erectus brain asymmetry using 3D laser scanning

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 2215-2220

  Wu, Xiu Jie ^a   Pan, Lei ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

brain asymmetry; brain evolution; hemisphere volume; surface area; Zhoukoudian Homo erectus

Indexed keywords

HOMINIDAE; HOMO ERECTUS;

EID: 79959749452     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-011-4512-1     Document Type: Article

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