New Information on the Development of the Hominid Cranium is Revealed by Paleoanthropologists
A morphometric method using traditional anthropometric variables reveals heterochronies and allometries in the evolution of the human cranium.
According to recent research that was just published in the journal PeerJ1, human evolution is the only one that has ever combined a rise in brain size with the development of a progressively more juvenile skull shape. Four hominid craniums from specimens of Australopithecus anamensis, A. prometheus, Homo naledi, and H. longi were included in the sample.…
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