Cerebral complexity preceded enlarged brain size and reduced olfactory bulbs in Old World monkeys

Analysis of the only complete early cercopithecoid (Old World monkey) endocast currently known, that of 15-million-year (Myr)-old Victoriapithecus, reveals an unexpectedly small endocranial volume (ECV) relative to body size and a large olfactory bulb volume relative to ECV, similar to extant lemurs...

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Autores principales: Gonzales, Lauren A., Benefit, Brenda R., McCrossin, Monte L., Spoor, Fred
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Pub. Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4506532/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26138795
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms8580

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