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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |