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Science Advances· 2018Q1

The evolution of modern human brain shape

Simon Neubauer, Jean‐Jacques Hublin, Philipp Gunz

Short summary

Modern human brain shape evolved before full behavioral modernity, with significant changes occurring prior to the Later Stone Age and Upper Paleolithic.

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Key points

  • Modern human brain shape evolved over time within the species' lineage.
  • These evolutionary changes in brain shape occurred before the development of full behavioral modernity.
  • Significant cranial evolution predates the Later Stone Age and Upper Paleolithic periods.

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Abstract

lineage since the origin of the species and before the transition to the Later Stone Age and the Upper Paleolithic that mark full behavioral modernity.

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Field: Geometry and Topology

Geometry and TopologyMathematics