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SUBMITTER: Amiez C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6668397 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Amiez Céline C Sallet Jérôme J Hopkins William D WD Meguerditchian Adrien A Hadj-Bouziane Fadila F Ben Hamed Suliann S Wilson Charles R E CRE Procyk Emmanuel E Petrides Michael M
Nature communications 20190731 1
Although the relative expansion of the frontal cortex in primate evolution is generally accepted, the nature of the human uniqueness, if any, and between-species anatomo-functional comparisons of the frontal areas remain controversial. To provide a novel interpretation of the evolution of primate brains, sulcal morphological variability of the medial frontal cortex was assessed in Old World monkeys (macaque/baboon) and Hominoidea (chimpanzee/human). We show that both Hominoidea possess a paracin ...[more]