Where are inion and endinion? Variations of the exo- and endocranial morphology of the occipital bone during hominin evolution

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 488-502

  Balzeau, Antoine ^a,b   Grimaud Hervé, Dominique ^a   Gilissen, Emmanuel ^b,c,d  

^a MUSÉE DE L HOMME   (France)

^b ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Autapomorphy; Brain evolution; Cranial landmarks; CT scans; Homo erectus

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BONE; BRAIN; CRANIUM; FOSSIL; HOMINID; HUMAN EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; TOMOGRAPHY;

HOMINIDAE; HOMO ERECTUS; PAN; PARANTHROPUS BOISEI;

EID: 80052261519     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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