Endocasts - the direct evidence and recent advances in the study of human brain evolution

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	Endocasts - the direct evidence and recent advances in the study of human brain evolution
	Wu Xiujie; Liu Wu; Norton, Christopher J.; wuxiujie@ivpp.ac.cn
	2007
发表期刊	PROG NAT SCI
ISSN	1002-0071
卷号	17 期号:9
摘要	Brain evolution is one of the most important aspects of human evolution, usually studied through endocasts. Analysis of fossil hominid endocasts allows inferences on functional anatomy, physiology, and phylogeny. In this paper, we describe the general features of endocast studies and review some of the major topics in paleoneurology. These are: absolute and relative brain size evolution; brain shape variation; brain asymmetry and lateralization; middle meningeal vessels and venous sinuses; application of computed tomography and virtual imaging; the history of Chinese brain endocast studies. In particular, this review emphasizes endocast studies on Chinese hominin fossils.
关键词	Homo-erectus Endocranial Cast Australopithecus-africanus Computed-tomography Hominid Size Paleoneurology Capacity Skull Sinanthropus
收录类别	SCI收录
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/4895
专题	中科院古脊椎所（2000年以后）
通讯作者	wuxiujie@ivpp.ac.cn
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wu Xiujie,Liu Wu,Norton, Christopher J.,et al. Endocasts - the direct evidence and recent advances in the study of human brain evolution[J]. PROG NAT SCI,2007,17(9).
APA	Wu Xiujie,Liu Wu,Norton, Christopher J.,&wuxiujie@ivpp.ac.cn.(2007).Endocasts - the direct evidence and recent advances in the study of human brain evolution.PROG NAT SCI,17(9).
MLA	Wu Xiujie,et al."Endocasts - the direct evidence and recent advances in the study of human brain evolution".PROG NAT SCI 17.9(2007).