Early brain growth in Homo erectus and implications for cognitive ability

Coqueugniot, H. ; Veillon, F. ; Houët, F. ; Jacob, T. ; Hublin, J.-J.

[s.l.] : Macmillian Magazines Ltd.
Published 2004
ISSN:
1476-4687
Source:
Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
Topics:
Biology
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Medicine
Natural Sciences in General
Physics
Notes:
[Auszug] Humans differ from other primates in their significantly lengthened growth period. The persistence of a fetal pattern of brain growth after birth is another important feature of human development. Here we present the results of an analysis of the 1.8-million-year-old Mojokerto child (Perning 1, ...
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