Language, Paleoneurology, and the Fronto-Parietal System [PDF]
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2017 Emiliano Bruner
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Communications Biology, 2023 Fossil endocasts record features of brains from the past: size, shape, vasculature, and gyrification. These data, alongside experimental and comparative evidence, are needed to resolve questions about brain energetics, cognitive specializations, and ...
Alexandra A. de Sousa +20 more
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The brain of Homo habilis: Three decades of paleoneurology
Journal of Human Evolution, 2022 In 1987, Phillip Tobias published a comprehensive anatomical analysis of the endocasts attributed to Homo habilis, discussing issues dealing with brain size, sulcal patterns, and vascular traces. He suggested that the neuroanatomy of this species evidenced a clear change toward many cerebral traits associated with our genus, mostly when concerning the ...
Emiliano Bruner, Amélie Beaudet
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Sulci 3D mapping from human cranial endocasts: A powerful tool to study hominin brain evolution. [PDF]
Hum Brain Mapp, 2022 Three‐dimensional density maps as an innovative tool for studying cranial endocasts. This tool provides new insights into visualising inter‐individual sulcal imprint variation on extant human endocasts. This study will contribute immensely to solving key questions in paleoneurology.
de Jager EJ +4 more
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The Emergence of Language in the Hominin Lineage: Perspectives from Fossil Endocasts [PDF]
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2017 Since brain does not fossilize, brain endocast (i.e., replica of the inner surface of the braincase, Figure Figure1)1) constitutes the only direct evidence for reconstructing hominin brain evolution (Holloway, 1978; Holloway et al., 2004a).
Amélie Beaudet, Amélie Beaudet
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Journal of Morphology, Volume 285, Issue 6, June 2024.We describe the nearly complete digital endocasts of the brain and bony labyrinth of the neotype specimen of Lithornis vulturinus, a palaeognathous bird from the early Eocene of Europe. Lithornis may provide the clearest insights to date into the neuroanatomy of the ancestral crown bird, combining an ancestrally unflexed brain with a caudally oriented ...
Klara E. Widrig +2 more
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Cranial Material of Long-Snouted Dolphins (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Eurhinodelphinidae) from the Early Miocene of Rosignano Monferrato, Piedmont (NW Italy): Anatomy, Paleoneurology, Phylogenetic Relationships and Paleobiogeography [PDF]
Diversity, 2023 We provide a new study of previously published eurhinodelphinid materials from the early Miocene of Piedmont (NW Italy) based on a new preparation of the fossil specimens. We studied specimens previously assigned to Tursiops miocaenus and Dalpiazella sp.
Vera Tosetto +5 more
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, 2022 The order Carnivora is one of the most speciose mammalian groups with over 280 living species and well over 1000 known extinct species. Here we present an overview of the evolutionary history of the carnivoran brain drawn from 150 years of ...
George Lyras +2 more
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Are endocasts reliable proxies for brains? A 3D quantitative comparison of the extant human brain and endocast. [PDF]
J Anat, 2021 Is the endocast a reliable proxy for reconstructing the brain of fossil specimens? By quantitatively comparing extant human brains and endocasts using MRIs and CT‐scans, here we address this fundamental question and support the significance of fossil endocasts in paleoneurological studies.
Dumoncel J +8 more
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Cranial Anatomy and Paleoneurology of the Extinct Sloth Catonyx tarijensis (Xenarthra, Mylodontidae) From the Late Pleistocene of Oruro, Southwestern Bolivia [PDF]
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2020 Extinct scelidotheriine sloths are among the most peculiar fossil mammals from South America. In recent decades, the external cranial anatomy of Pleistocene scelidotheres such as Scelidotherium, Catonyx, and Valgipes has been the subject of numerous ...
Alberto Boscaini +8 more
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