Quantifying patterns of endocranial heat distribution: Brain geometry and thermoregulation

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 753-762

  Bruner, Emiliano ^a   De La Cuétara, José Manuel ^a   Musso, Fabio ^b  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE LA EVOLUCIÓN HUMANA CENIEH   (Spain)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; HOMINID; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; SKULL; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BRAIN; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PAN TROGLODYTES; SKULL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

HOMINIDAE; PAN;

EID: 84867744951     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22312     Document Type: Article

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