Digital Endocasts
From Skulls to Brains
Editors: Bruner, Emiliano, Ogihara, Naomichi, Tanabe, Hiroki C. (Eds.)
Free Preview- 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
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- About this book
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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.
- Table of contents (18 chapters)
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On the Making of Endocasts: The New and the Old in Paleoneurology
Pages 1-8
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Digital Reconstruction of Neanderthal and Early Homo sapiens Endocasts
Pages 9-32
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Inferring Cortical Subdivisions Based on Skull Morphology
Pages 33-46
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Fossil Primate Endocasts: Perspectives from Advanced Imaging Techniques
Pages 47-58
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The Evolution of Avian Intelligence and Sensory Capabilities: The Fossil Evidence
Pages 59-69
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Digital Endocasts
- Book Subtitle
- From Skulls to Brains
- Editors
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- Emiliano Bruner
- Naomichi Ogihara
- Hiroki C. Tanabe
- Series Title
- Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans Series
- Copyright
- 2018
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Japan KK
- eBook ISBN
- 978-4-431-56582-6
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-4-431-56582-6
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-4-431-56580-2
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-4-431-56827-8
- Series ISSN
- 2365-063X
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- X, 289
- Number of Illustrations
- 37 b/w illustrations, 106 illustrations in colour
- Topics
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