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Are endocasts reliable proxies for brains? A 3D quantitative comparison of the extant human brain and endocast

Endocasts (i.e., replicas of the inner surface of the bony braincase) constitute a critical proxy for qualifying and quantifying variations in brain shape and organization in extinct taxa. In the absence of brain tissues preserved in the fossil record, endocasts provide the only direct evidence of b...

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Autores principales: Dumoncel, Jean, Subsol, Gérard, Durrleman, Stanley, Bertrand, Anne, de Jager, Edwin, Oettlé, Anna C., Lockhat, Zarina, Suleman, Farhana E., Beaudet, Amélie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7812123/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32996582
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/joa.13318