Sulci 3D mapping from human cranial endocasts: A powerful tool to study hominin brain evolution.

ABSTRACT: Key questions in paleoneurology concern the timing and emergence of derived cerebral features within the human lineage. Endocasts are replicas of the internal table of the bony braincase that are widely used in paleoneurology as a proxy for reconstructing a timeline for hominin brain evolution in the fossil record. The accurate identification of cerebral sulci imprints in endocasts is critical for assessing the topographic extension and structural organisation of cortical regions in fossil hominins. High-resolution imaging techniques combined with established methods based on population-specific brain atlases offer new opportunities for tracking detailed endocranial characteristics. This study provides the first documentation of sulcal pattern imprints from the superolateral surface of the

SUBMITTER: de Jager EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9435008 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature