From brain to endocast: Contrasting Magnetic Resonance Imagining and Computerized Tomography in paleoneurology [PDF]
Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d’Anthropologie de ParisRiccardo Frittitta +2 more
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The parietal lobe evolution and the emergence of material culture in the human genus. [PDF]
Brain Struct Funct, 2023 Traditional and new disciplines converge in suggesting that the parietal lobe underwent a considerable expansion during human evolution. Through the study of endocasts and shape analysis, paleoneurology has shown an increased globularity of the braincase
Bruner E, Battaglia-Mayer A, Caminiti R.
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Morphological evolution of the hominid brain [PDF]
Academia BiologyA comparative analysis of the brain surfaces and endocasts of 35 hominid specimens including 24 operational taxonomic units was performed with the aim to search for morphological transformations of the brain surface that occurred over time ...
Michelangelo Bisconti +1 more
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Ontogenetic Changes in Endocranial Anatomy in Gorgosaurus libratus (Theropoda: Tyrannosauridae) Provide Insight Into the Evolution of the Tyrannosauroid Endocranium. [PDF]
J Comp NeurolChanges through growth (ontogenetic) in the braincase of the eutyrannosaurian tyrannosauroid Gorgosaurus libratus are discussed. Most notably, brain cavity endocasts of immature Gorgosaurus are found to more clearly show details of the brain morphology than more mature individuals, a finding that has implications for improving dinosaur paleoneurology ...
Voris JT +4 more
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Comparative Sulcal Morphology of the Late Miocene Fossil Ape, Rudapithecus hungaricus. [PDF]
Am J Biol AnthropolABSTRACT Objectives Endocasts of fossil hominoids are exceedingly rare. The only fossil ape endocast analyzed in detail is that of Ekembo nyanzae (KNM‐RU 7290), from the early Miocene of Kenya. Two partial crania of Rudapithecus hungaricus, from the late Miocene of Hungary, preserve sufficient details to reconstruct large amounts of endocranial ...
Assance GA, Silcox MT, Begun DR.
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An additional brain endocast of the ictidosaur Riograndia guaibensis (Eucynodontia: Probainognathia): intraspecific variation of endocranial traits [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2021 Recently, the morphology and encephalization of the brain endocast of the Triassic non-mammaliaform probainognathian cynodont Riograndia guaibensis were studied. Here, we analyzed the brain endocast of an additional specimen of this species.
LEONARDO KERBER +6 more
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Early synapsids neurosensory diversity revealed by CT and synchrotron scanning. [PDF]
Anat Rec (Hoboken)Abstract Non‐mammaliaform synapsids (NMS) represent the closest relatives of today's mammals among the early amniotes. Exploring their brain and nervous system is key to understanding how mammals evolved. Here, using CT and Synchrotron scanning, we document for the first time three extreme cases of neurosensory and behavioral adaptations that probe ...
Benoit J +6 more
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Re-description of the braincase of the rebbachisaurid sauropod Limaysaurus tessonei and novel endocranial information based on CT scans [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2021 CT scans of the type braincase of Limaysaurus tessonei (MUCPv-205) allowed the first study of the endocranial cavities (brain and inner ear) for this South American taxon. Comparisons of the cranial endocast of L.
ARIANA PAULINA-CARABAJAL, JORGE O. CALVO
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Paleoneurology of Two New Neandertal Occipitals From El Sidrón (Asturias, Spain) in the Context of Homo Endocranial Evolution [PDF]
Anatomical Record, 2011 Antonio García-Tabernero +2 more
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Postnatal interaction of size and shape in the human endocranium and brain structures. [PDF]
J AnatAncestral egg‐laying Sceloporus had dorsoventrally tall female pelvises. Two of three live‐bearing clades evolved larger bodies and flatter, wider pelvises, likely reflecting relaxed allometric limits and selection for crypsis or thermoregulation in terrestrial habitats.
Takagi K, Kondo O.
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