Quantification of neocortical ratios in stem primates

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 363-373

  Long, Adam ^a   Bloch, Jonathan I ^b   Silcox, Mary T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

endocast; Ignacius; Microsyops; neocortex; plesiadapiforms; Wyoming

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN SIZE; FOSSIL PRIMATE; IGNACIUS GRAYBULLIANUS; MICROSYOPS ANNECTENS; NEOCORTEX; NEOCORTICAL RATIO; NONHUMAN; PLESIADAPIFORM; PLESIADAPIS TRICUSPIDENS; PRIMATE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; FOSSIL; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; SKULL; WYOMING;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; FOSSILS; NEOCORTEX; PRIMATES; SKULL; WYOMING;

EID: 84931956304     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22724     Document Type: Article

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