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Australopithecus afarensis endocasts suggest ape-like brain organization and prolonged brain growth

Human brains are three times larger, are organized differently, and mature for a longer period of time than those of our closest living relatives, the chimpanzees. Together, these characteristics are important for human cognition and social behavior, but their evolutionary origins remain unclear. To...

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Autores principales: Gunz, Philipp, Neubauer, Simon, Falk, Dean, Tafforeau, Paul, Le Cabec, Adeline, Smith, Tanya M., Kimbel, William H., Spoor, Fred, Alemseged, Zeresenay
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7112758/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32270044
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aaz4729