Brain ontogeny and life history in pleistocene hominins

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1663, 2015, Pages

  Hublin, Jean Jacques ^a   Neubauer, Simon ^a   Gunz, Philipp ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain; Hominins; Homo erectus; Neandertal; Ontogeny; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; BRAIN; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN EVOLUTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATURATION; NEANDERTHAL; ONTOGENY; PLEISTOCENE;

HOMO ERECTUS;

ANIMAL; BRAIN; EMBRYOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOMINID; HUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; PALEONTOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRAIN; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; ORGAN SIZE; PALEONTOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84922311596     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0062     Document Type: Review

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