@article{299b40a90d1b4c15b6b1a172e0f09f82,
title = "Early hominid brain evolution: A new look at old endocasts",
abstract = "Early hominid brain morphology is reassessed from endocasts of Australopithecus africanus and three species of Paranthropus, and new endocast reconstructions and cranial capacities are reported for four key specimens from the Paranthropus clade. The brain morphology of Australopithecus africanus appears more human like than that of Paranthropus in terms of overall frontal and temporal lobe shape. These new data do not support the proposal that increased encephalization is a shared feature between Paranthropus and early Homo. Our findings are consistent with the hypothesis that Australopithecus africanus could have been ancestral to Homo, and have implications for assessing the tempo and mode of early hominid neurological and cognitive evolution. (C) 2000 Academic Press.",
keywords = "Australopithecus, endocasts, frontal lobe, paleoneurology, Paranthropus, phylogeny, temporal lobe",
author = "Dean Falk and Redmond, {John C.} and John Guyer and Conroy, {Glenn C.} and Wolfgang Recheis and Gerhard Weber and Horst Seidler",
note = "DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1999.0378 Coden: JHEVA Affiliations: Department of Anthropology, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY 12222, United States; Departments of Anatomy and Neurobiology/Anthropology, Washington University, School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, United States; Department of Radiology II, University of Innsbruck, Anichstr. 35, A-6020, Innsbruck, Austria; Institute of Human Biology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, A1091, Vienna, Austria Adressen: Falk, D.; Department of Anthropology; University at Albany; SUNY Albany, NY 12222, United States; email:
[email protected] Import aus Scopus: 2-s2.0-0034071533",
year = "2000",
doi = "10.1006/jhev.1999.0378",
language = "English",
volume = "38",
pages = "695--717",
journal = "Journal of Human Evolution",
issn = "0047-2484",
publisher = "Academic Press",
number = "5",
}