TY - JOUR
T1 - Endocranial capacity in an early hominid cranium from Sterkfontein, South Africa
AU - Conroy, Glenn C.
AU - Weber, Gerhard
AU - Seidler, Horst
AU - Tobias, Philip Valentine
AU - Kane, Alex A.
AU - Brunsden, Barry S.
N1 -
Zeitschrift: Science
DOI: 10.1126/science.280.5370.1730
Coden: SCIEA
Affiliations: Dept. of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University, School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, United States; Institute of Human Biology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, A-1090 Vienna, Austria; Department of Anatomical Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Medical School, Johannesburg, South Africa; Division of Plastic Surgery, Washington University, School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, United States; Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University, School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, United States; Dept. of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Box 8108, Washington Univ. School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, United States
Adressen: Conroy, G.C.; Dept. of Anatomy and Neurobiology; Box 8108; Washington Univ. School of Medicine St. Louis, MO 63110, United States; email: [email protected]
Import aus Scopus: 2-s2.0-0032511018
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - Two- and three-dimensional computer imaging shows that endocranial capacity in an ~2.8- to 2.6-million-year-old early hominid cranium (Stw 505) from Sterkfontein, South Africa, tentatively assigned to Australopithecus africanus, is ~515 cubic centimeters. Although this is the largest endocranial capacity recorded for this species, it is still markedly less than anecdotal reports of endocranial capacity exceeding 600 cubic centimeters. No australopithecine has an endocranial capacity approaching, let alone exceeding, 600 cubic centimeters. Some currently accepted estimates of early hominid endocranial capacity may be inflated, suggesting that the tempo and mode of early hominid brain evolution may need reevaluation.
AB - Two- and three-dimensional computer imaging shows that endocranial capacity in an ~2.8- to 2.6-million-year-old early hominid cranium (Stw 505) from Sterkfontein, South Africa, tentatively assigned to Australopithecus africanus, is ~515 cubic centimeters. Although this is the largest endocranial capacity recorded for this species, it is still markedly less than anecdotal reports of endocranial capacity exceeding 600 cubic centimeters. No australopithecine has an endocranial capacity approaching, let alone exceeding, 600 cubic centimeters. Some currently accepted estimates of early hominid endocranial capacity may be inflated, suggesting that the tempo and mode of early hominid brain evolution may need reevaluation.
M3 - Article
SN - 0036-8075
VL - 280
SP - 1730
EP - 1731
JO - Science
JF - Science
IS - 5370
ER -