Publication Date:
2006-05-20
Description:
Endocast analysis of the brain Homo floresiensis by Falk et al. (Reports, 8 April 2005, p. 242) implies that the hominid is an insular dwarf derived from H. erectus, but its tiny cranial capacity cannot result from normal dwarfing. Consideration of more appropriate microcephalic syndromes and specimens supports the hypothesis of modern human microcephaly.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Martin, R D -- Maclarnon, A M -- Phillips, J L -- Dussubieux, L -- Williams, P R -- Dobyns, W B -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2006 May 19;312(5776):999; author reply 999.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Field Museum, Chicago, IL 60605-2496, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16709768" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Adult
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Animals
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Body Size
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Brain/*anatomy & histology/*pathology
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Cephalometry
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Fossils
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History, Ancient
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Hominidae/*anatomy & histology/classification
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Humans
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Microcephaly/history/*pathology
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Organ Size
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Paleopathology
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Skull/anatomy & histology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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