Overview
- 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)
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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.
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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