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Digital Endocasts

From Skulls to Brains

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Editors:
  1. Emiliano Bruner

    1. CENIEH, Burgos, Spain

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  2. Naomichi Ogihara

    1. Keio University, Yokohama, Japan

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  3. Hiroki C. Tanabe

    1. Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

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  • A book specifically dedicated to endocasts and human evolution
  • Integrates information from anthropology, neurobiology, and paleontology
  • Introduces methods and techniques in digital anatomy and computed morphometrics

Part of the book series: Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans Series (RNMH)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. On the Making of Endocasts: The New and the Old in Paleoneurology

    • Ralph L. Holloway
    Pages 1-8

  3. Digital Reconstruction of Neanderthal and Early Homo sapiens Endocasts

    • Naomichi Ogihara, Hideki Amano, Takeo Kikuchi, Yusuke Morita, Hiromasa Suzuki, Osamu Kondo
    Pages 9-32

  4. Inferring Cortical Subdivisions Based on Skull Morphology

    • Yasushi Kobayashi, Toshiyasu Matsui, Naomichi Ogihara
    Pages 33-46

  5. Fossil Primate Endocasts: Perspectives from Advanced Imaging Techniques

    • Amélie Beaudet, Emmanuel Gilissen
    Pages 47-58

  6. The Evolution of Avian Intelligence and Sensory Capabilities: The Fossil Evidence

    • Stig A. Walsh, Fabien Knoll
    Pages 59-69

  7. The Endocranial Vascular System: Tracing Vessels

    • Gizéh Rangel de Lázaro, Stanislava Eisová, Hana Píšová, Emiliano Bruner
    Pages 71-91

  8. The Brain, the Braincase, and the Morphospace

    • Emiliano Bruner
    Pages 93-114

  9. Landmarking Brains

    • Aida Gómez-Robles, Laura D. Reyes, Chet C. Sherwood
    Pages 115-126

  10. Landmarking Endocasts

    • Ana Sofia Pereira-Pedro, Emiliano Bruner
    Pages 127-142

  11. Comparing Endocranial Surfaces: Mesh Superimposition and Coherent Point Drift Registration

    • Ján Dupej, Gizéh Rangel de Lázaro, Ana Sofia Pereira-Pedro, Hana Píšová, Josef Pelikán, Emiliano Bruner
    Pages 143-151

  12. Reconstruction and Statistical Evaluation of Fossil Brains Using Computational Neuroanatomy

    • Takanori Kochiyama, Hiroki C. Tanabe, Naomichi Ogihara
    Pages 153-171

  13. Endocasts and the Evo-Devo Approach to Study Human Brain Evolution

    • Simon Neubauer, Philipp Gunz
    Pages 173-190

  14. Networking Brains: Modeling Spatial Relationships of the Cerebral Cortex

    • Emiliano Bruner, Borja Esteve-Altava, Diego Rasskin-Gutman
    Pages 191-204

  15. The Evolution of the Frontal Lobe in Humans

    • Ashley N. Parks, Jeroen B. Smaers
    Pages 205-218

  16. The Evolution of the Parietal Lobes in the Genus Homo

    • Emiliano Bruner, Hideki Amano, Ana Sofia Pereira-Pedro, Naomichi Ogihara
    Pages 219-237

  17. A Comparative Perspective on the Human Temporal Lobe

    • Katherine L. Bryant, Todd M. Preuss
    Pages 239-258

  18. Evolution of the Occipital Lobe

    • Orlin S. Todorov, Alexandra A. de Sousa
    Pages 259-273

  19. Cerebellum: Anatomy, Physiology, Function, and Evolution

    • Hiroki C. Tanabe, Daisuke Kubo, Kunihiro Hasegawa, Takanori Kochiyama, Osamu Kondo
    Pages 275-289
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About this book

This book is dedicated to a specific component of paleoneurology, probably the most essential one: endocasts. A series of original papers collected here focuses on describing methods and techniques that are dedicated to reconstruct and study fossil endocasts through computed tools. The book is particularly oriented toward hominid paleoneurology, although it also includes chapters on different taxa to provide a more general view of current perspectives and problems in evolutionary neuroanatomy. The first part of the book concerns techniques and tools to cast endocranial anatomy. The second part deals with computed morphometrics, and the third part is devoted to comparative neurobiology. Those who want to approach the field in general terms will find this book especially helpful, as will those researchers working with endocranial anatomy and brain evolution. The book will also be useful for researchers and graduate students in anthropology, bioarchaeology, medicine, and related fields.

Editors and Affiliations

  • CENIEH, Burgos, Spain

    Emiliano Bruner

  • Keio University, Yokohama, Japan

    Naomichi Ogihara

  • Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

    Hiroki C. Tanabe

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Digital Endocasts

  • Book Subtitle: From Skulls to Brains

  • Editors: Emiliano Bruner, Naomichi Ogihara, Hiroki C. Tanabe

  • Series Title: Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-56582-6

  • Publisher: Springer Tokyo

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Japan KK 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-4-431-56580-2Published: 30 January 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-56827-8Published: 07 June 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-56582-6Published: 28 December 2017

  • Series ISSN: 2365-063X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2365-0648

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 289

  • Number of Illustrations: 37 b/w illustrations, 106 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Anthropology, Archaeology, Anatomy, Neurology

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