Braincase Changes within Our Species (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology

Braincase Changes within Our Species

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Evolutionary changes of braincase shape from an elongated to a globular shape. The latter evolves within the Homo sapiens lineage via an expansion of the cerebellum and bulging of the parietal. Left: micro-CT scan of Jebel Irhoud 1 (~300 ka, Africa); Right: Qafzeh 9 (~95 ka, the Levant).

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Philipp Gunz, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

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