Cognitive and behavioral modernity in Homo erectus: skull globularity and hominin brain evolution
In this article we provide evidence that evolutionary pressures altered the cranial base and the mastoid region of the temporal bone more than the calvaria in the transition from H. erectus to H. sapiens. This process seems to have resulted in the evolution of more globular skull shape – but not as...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Lodz University Press
2022-01-01
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| Series: | Anthropological Review |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.2478/anre-2021-0030 |