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| The brain of LB1, Homo floresiensis |
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| Author(s): Falk D, Hildebolt C, Smith K, Morwood MJ, Sutikna T, Brown P, Jatmiko, Saptomo EW, Brunsden B, Prior F |
| Source: SCIENCE Volume: 308 Issue: 5719 Pages: 242-245 Published: APR 8 2005 |
| Times Cited: 59 References: 28 |
| Abstract: The brain of Homo floresiensis was assessed by comparing a virtual endocast from the type specimen (LB1) with endocasts from great apes, Homo erectus, Homo sapiens, a human pygmy, a human microcephalic, specimen number Sts 5 (Australopithecus africanus), and specimen number WT 17000 (Paranthropus aethiopicus). Morphometric, allometric, and shape data indicate that LB1 is not a microcephalic or pygmy. LB1's brain/body size ratio scales like that of an australopithecine, but its endocast shape resembles that of Homo erectus. LB1 has derived frontal and temporal lobes and a lunate sulcus in a derived position, which are consistent with capabilities for higher cognitive processing. |
| Document Type: Article |
| Language: English |
| Reprint Address: Falk, D (reprint author), Florida State Univ, Dept Anthropol, Tallahassee, FL 32306 USA |
Addresses:
1. Florida State Univ, Dept Anthropol, Tallahassee, FL 32306 USA
2. Washington Univ, Sch Med, Edward Mallinckrodt Inst Radiol, St Louis, MO 63110 USA
3. Univ New England, Armidale, NSW 2351 Australia
4. Indonesian Ctr Archaeol, Jakarta 12001, Indonesia |
| Publisher: AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE, 1200 NEW YORK AVE, NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20005 USA |
| Subject Category: Multidisciplinary Sciences |
| IDS Number: 915BX |
| ISSN: 0036-8075 |
| DOI: 10.1126/science.1109727 |
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