Human Paleoneurology /

The book presents an integrative review of paleoneurology, the study of endocranial morphology in fossil species. The main focus is on showing how computed methods can be used to support advances in evolutionary neuroanatomy, paleoanthropology and archaeology, and how they have contributed to creati...

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Other Authors: Bruner, Emiliano (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Series:Springer series in bio-/neuroinformatics ; 3.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Neuroscience and human brain evolution
  • Computed tools for paleoneurology
  • Functional craniology and brain evolution
  • Human brain evolution: ontogeny and phylogeny
  • Paleoneurology and Behaviour
  • Neuroarchaeology
  • Cognitive archaeology and the cognitive sciences.