Paleoneurology of Two New Neandertal Occipitals from El Sidrón (Asturias, Spain) in the Context of Homo Endocranial Evolution

Anatomical Record

Volumn 294, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1370-1381

  Peña Melián, Angel ^a   Rosas, Antonio ^b   García Tabernero, Antonio ^b   Bastir, Markus ^b   De La Rasilla, Marco ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brain asymmetry; Brain evolution; Dural venous sinuses; Neandertal; Occipito petalias; Paleoneurology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY RATE; FOSSIL; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; NEANDERTAL; NEUROLOGY; OCCIPITAL GYRUS; OCCIPITAL SINUS; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; PALEONEUROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS; TRANSVERSE SINUS;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CRANIAL SINUSES; FOSSILS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; NEANDERTHALS; NEUROLOGY; OCCIPITAL BONE; PALEONTOLOGY; SKULL BASE; SPAIN; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 79960529454     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21427     Document Type: Article

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