Early hominid brain evolution: A new look at old endocasts

Dean Falk, John C. Redmond, John Guyer, Glenn C. Conroy, Wolfgang Recheis, Gerhard Weber, Horst Seidler

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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.
OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)695-717
Seitenumfang23
FachzeitschriftJournal of Human Evolution
Jahrgang38
Ausgabenummer5
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2000

ÖFOS 2012

  • 1060 Biologie

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