Hominins and the emergence of the modern human brain

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 195, Issue , 2012, Pages 293-322

  De Sousa, Alexandra ^a   Cunha, Eugénia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cognition; Endocast; Evolution; Fossil hominin; Paleoarcheology; Paleoneurology

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL HOMININ; GENETICS; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGY; NONHUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PALEOARCHEOLOGY; PALEONEUROLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84855495832     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: 18757855     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53860-4.00014-3     Document Type: Chapter

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