The Endocast of MH1,  Australopithecus sediba

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 09 Sep 2011 United States English Publisher:American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)Journal:Science, volume 333, pages 1,402-1,407 (issn: 0036-8075, eissn: 1095-9203,

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Authors: Kristian J, Carlson; Dietrich, Stout; Tea, Jashashvili; Darryl J, de Ruiter; Paul, Tafforeau; Keely, Carlson; Lee R, Berger;

doi: 10.1126/science.1203922

pmid: 21903804

The Endocast of MH1, Australopithecus sediba

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The brain endocast of Australopithecus sediba shows that despite retaining a small brain size, some reorganization of the frontal lobe had commenced, hinting at the later neural development seen in Homo .

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Keywords

Male, Principal Component Analysis, 330, Fossils, Skull, Brain, Hominidae, Organ Size, Biological Evolution, Olfactory Bulb, Temporal Lobe, Frontal Lobe, South Africa, Imaging, Three-Dimensional, Animals, Humans, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Synchrotrons

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