The concept of reserve has been proposed to account for the disjunction between the
degree of brain damage and its clinical outcome. This paper attempts to produce a coherent …

Traditional and new disciplines converge in suggesting that the parietal lobe underwent a
considerable expansion during human evolution. Through the study of endocasts and shape …

An account of the different ways in which things have become cognitive extensions of the
human body, from prehistory to the present. An increasingly influential school of thought in …

It has long been believed that Neanderthals originated and flourished on the European
continent. However, recent morphological and genetic studies have suggested that they may …

The Rise of Homo sapiens provides an unrivalled interdisciplinary introduction to the subject
of hominin cognitive evolution that is appropriate for general audiences and students in …

One of the features that distinguishes modern humans from our extinct relatives and
ancestors is a globular shape of the braincase [1–4]. As the endocranium closely mirrors the …

Since the last common ancestor shared by modern humans, chimpanzees and bonobos, the
lineage leading to Homo sapiens has undergone a substantial change in brain size and …

The evolution of neurocranial morphology in Homo sapiens is characterized by bulging of
the parietal region, a feature unique to our species. In modern humans, expansion of the …

Compared to our closest living and extinct relatives, humans have a large, specialized, and
complex brain embedded in a uniquely shaped braincase. Here, we quantitatively compare …

Paleoneurology deals with the study of brain anatomy in fossil species, as inferred from the
morphology of their endocranial features. When compared with other living and extinct …