The Human Fossil Record, Volume 3 Brain Endocasts – The Paleoneurological Evidence

About this book

Brain Endocasts is the only comprehensive, single-volume work dealing exclusively and uniformly with fossil hominid brain endocasts. Never-before-published photographs come together with easily accessible, coherent descriptions to create a detailed reference on the paleoneurological evidence for human evolution. Each entry offers essential information related to the location, dating, associations, and morphology of a given endocast. The text also covers the latest methodologies and techniques available for studying endocasts. In addition, a concise summary shows how these fossil records contribute to our understanding of human evolution and behaviour.

Contents

- Preface
- Acknowledgments

PART 1: Brain Evolution and Endocasts
- Introduction
- Lines of Evidence, Direct and Indirect
- Brain Endocasts
- The Data
- Biobehavioral Significance of Brain Endocasts
- Endocranial Morphology and Terminology
- Descriptive and Figure Format

PART 2: Methods and Materials of Endocast Analysis
- Total Endocranial Brain Volume
- Partial Brain Endocast Volumes
- Endocast Volume Reliability
- Brain Endocast Volumes by Formula
- Asymmetry Observations and Measures
- Regional Convolutional Details
- Meningeal Patterns
- Morphometric Analyses

PART 3: Endocasts of Early Hominids
- BOURI
- BOU-VP-12/130
- HADAR
- AL 288-1 MORPH
- KONSO
- KGA-10-525
- KOOBI FORA
- KNM-ER 407 MORPH
- MAKAPANSGAT
- MLD 1 MORPH
- OLDUVAI
- OH5
- OMO
- OMOL338Y-6
- STERKFONTEIN
- STS 5 MORPH
- SWARTKRANS
- SK 1585 MORPH
- TAUNG
- TAUNG CHILD
- TURKANA (WEST TURKANA)
- KNM-WT 17000 MORPH

PART 4A: Africa
- BODO
- JEBEL IRHOUD ( JEBEL IGHOUD)
- KABWE
- KOOBI FOR A
- KNM-ER 1470 MORPH
- KNM-ER 1813 MORPH
- KNM-ER 992 MORPH
- NARIOKOTOME (WEST TURKANA)
- KNM-WT 15000
- OLDUVAI GORGE
- OH7 MORPH
- OH9 MORPH
- SALE

PART 4B: Asia, Eastern and Central NGANDONG (SOLO)
- SAMBUNGMACAN
- SAMBUNGMACAN 3 (SM 3)
- SANGIRAN
- TRINIL
- TRINIL 2
- ZHOUKOUDIAN (CHOUKOUTIEN): LOWER CAVE
- SKULL 111 LOCUS E

PART 4C: Asia, Western AMUD
- TESHIK-TASH

PART 4D: Europe ARAGO(TAUTAVEL)
- BRNO
- BRNO II
- BRNO III
- COMBE CAPELLE
- CRO-MAGNON
- CRO-MAGNON III
- DOLNI VESTONICE
- DOLNI VESTONICE III
- FELDHOFER GROTTO (NEANDERTHAL)
- GIBRALTAR
- GIBRALTAR I
- KRAPINA
- LA CHAPELLE-AUX-SAINTS
- LA FERRASSIE
- LA FERRASSIE I
- LAQUINA
- LAQUINA V
- LAZARET
- LE MOUSTIER
- LES COTTES
- MONTE CIRCEO
- PODKUMAK
- PREDMOSTI
- PREDMOSTI 3
- PREDMOSTI 4
- PREDMOSTI 9
- PREDMOSTI 10
- REILINGEN
- SPY
- SWANSCOMBE

PART 5: Endocranial Vasculature (By Dominique Grimaud-Herve; Illustrations by Pascal Herve)
- ENDOCRANIAL VASCULATURE
- Meningeal Patterns
- Dural Venous Sinuses
- Significance of Endocranial Vasculature

PART 6: Hominid Endocasts: Some General Notes
- Mosaic Evolution
- Behavioral Dynamics
- Endocasts Yet to Be Studied

- APPENDIX 1: ENDOCRANIAL VOLUMES OF THE FOSSIL HOMINIDS
- Notes for Appendix 1
- APPENDIX 2: STATISTICAL ANALYSES OF ENDOCRANIAL VOLUMES BY TAXA
- LITERATURE CITED

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