What fossils tell us about the evolution of the neocortex

Evolution of Nervous Systems

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 1-12

  Jerison, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fossil brains; Fossil endocasts; Neocortex; Paleoneurology

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EID: 84882813357     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B0-12-370878-8/00065-3     Document Type: Chapter

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