Brain size of Homo floresiensis and its evolutionary implications

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1760, 2013, Pages

  Kubo, Daisuke ^a   Kono, Reiko T ^b   Kaifu, Yousuke ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain body scaling; Endocranial volume; Homo floresiensis; Relative brain size

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BRAIN; CRANIUM; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HOMINID; SCALE EFFECT; TYPE SPECIMEN;

FAR EAST;

HOMO ERECTUS; HOMO FLORESIENSIS; HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 84879045552     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.0338     Document Type: Article

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