Homo erectus and middle pleistocene hominins: Brain size, skull form, and species recognition

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 223-252

  Rightmire, G Philip ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranial base; Encephalization; Homo heidelbergensis; Homo sapiens; Modularity

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; HOMINID; NEANDERTHAL; PLEISTOCENE; SKULL; TAXONOMY;

CRANIA; HOMO ERECTUS; HOMO HEIDELBERGENSIS; HOMO SAPIENS; HOMO SAPIENS NEANDERTHALENSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CLASSIFICATION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ENCEPHALIZATION; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; HOMINID; HOMO HEIDELBERGENSIS; HUMAN; MODULARITY; ORGAN SIZE; SKULL; SKULL BASE;

CRANIAL BASE; ENCEPHALIZATION; HOMO HEIDELBERGENSIS; HOMO SAPIENS; MODULARITY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRAIN; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; ORGAN SIZE; SKULL;

EID: 84883463801     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2013.04.008     Document Type: Article

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