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SUBMITTER: Gunz P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6380688 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gunz Philipp P Tilot Amanda K AK Wittfeld Katharina K Teumer Alexander A Shapland Chin Yang CY van Erp Theo G M TGM Dannemann Michael M Vernot Benjamin B Neubauer Simon S Guadalupe Tulio T Fernández Guillén G Brunner Han G HG Enard Wolfgang W Fallon James J Hosten Norbert N Völker Uwe U Profico Antonio A Di Vincenzo Fabio F Manzi Giorgio G Kelso Janet J St Pourcain Beate B Hublin Jean-Jacques JJ Franke Barbara B Pääbo Svante S Macciardi Fabio F Grabe Hans J HJ Fisher Simon E SE
Current biology : CB 20181213 1
One of the features that distinguishes modern humans from our extinct relatives and ancestors is a globular shape of the braincase [1-4]. As the endocranium closely mirrors the outer shape of the brain, these differences might reflect altered neural architecture [4, 5]. However, in the absence of fossil brain tissue, the underlying neuroanatomical changes as well as their genetic bases remain elusive. To better understand the biological foundations of modern human endocranial shape, we turn to o ...[more]