Extending mind, visuospatial integration, and the evolution of the parietal lobes in the human genus

Quaternary International

Volumn 405, Issue , 2016, Pages 98-110

  Bruner, Emiliano ^a   Iriki, Atsushi ^b  

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

^b RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain evolution; Embodiment; Intraparietal sulcus; Paleoneurology; Precuneus

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BRAIN; NEANDERTHAL; NEUROLOGY; PALEOBIOLOGY; QUATERNARY;

HOMO SAPIENS; PRIMATES;

EID: 84930026481     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.05.019     Document Type: Article

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