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Braincase Expansion

Braincase Expansion is a morphological phenomenon in craniofacial evolution characterized by the increased volumetric and structural development of the neurocranium relative to facial and basicranial regions, reflecting evolutionary adaptations associated with encephalization.

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2017–2026

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Neurocranial Expansion

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Cerebral Lobes in Autism: Early Hyperplasia and Abnormal Age Effects

Ruth A. Carper · NeuroImage · 2002 · 565 citations

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The evolution of the labyrinthodonts

David M. Watson · Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 1962 · 96 citations

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Rapid braincase evolution between Panderichthys and the earliest tetrapods

Per Ahlberg, Jennifer A. Clack, Ervīns Lukševičs · Nature · 1996 · 90 citations

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Globularity and language-readiness: generating new predictions by expanding the set of genes of interest

Cédric Boeckx, Antonio Benítez‐Burraco · Frontiers in Psychology · 2014 · 79 citations · Full text

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Cranial morphology and adaptations in Eocene Adapidae. II. The Cambridge skull of <i>Adapis parisiensis</i>

Philip D. Gingerich, Robert D. Martín · American Journal of Physical Anthropology · 1981 · 75 citations · Full text

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Authors

64

  1. AP
    Ariana Paulina‐Carabajal

    Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina

    2 publications · 36 citations

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  2. JD
    Jason D. Pardo

    University of Calgary, Canada

    2 publications · 35 citations

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  3. SJ
    Susan J. Vannucci

    Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, United States

    1 publications · 37 citations

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  4. PJ
    Peter J. Makovicky

    Field Museum of Natural History, United States

    1 publications · 24 citations

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  5. TW
    Tao Wang

    Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, China

    1 publications · 24 citations

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Institutions

49

  1. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

    Buenos Aires, Argentina

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    93 citations

  2. University of Alberta

    Edmonton, Canada

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    59 citations

  3. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    105 citations

  4. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    92 citations

  5. Royal Ontario Museum

    Toronto, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    40 citations

  6. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    171 citations

  7. Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology

    Beijing, China

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    48 citations

  8. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    73 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

    JVP · 3 publications · 110 citations

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  2. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  3. Frontiers in Psychology

    1 publications · 79 citations

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  4. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology

    1 publications · 25 citations

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  5. Journal of Anatomy

    1 publications · 30 citations

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