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Cranial Capacity Evolution

Cranial Capacity Evolution is a theoretical construct in biological anthropology that specifies the progressive increase in endocranial volume across hominin lineages, distinguished by its emphasis on neurocranial expansion as an adaptive trait correlated with encephalization and cognitive development.

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2017–2026

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Publications

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Brain Size, Cranial Morphology, Climate, and Time Machines [and Comments and Reply]

Kenneth L. Beals, C. Smith, Stephen Dodd et al. · Current Anthropology · 1984 · 333 citations

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The Brain and Intelligence

R.E. Passingham · Brain Behavior and Evolution · 2008 · 286 citations

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Morton's Ranking of Races by Cranial Capacity

Stephen Jay Gould · Science · 1978 · 176 citations

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Antiquity of cancer

Luigi Capasso · International Journal of Cancer · 2004 · 157 citations · Full text

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Body size, body proportions, and encephalization in a Middle Pleistocene archaic human from northern China

Karen Rosenberg, Lü Zuné, Christopher B. Ruff · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2006 · 146 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. DF
    Dean Falk

    University at Albany, State University of New York, United States

    5 publications · 207 citations

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  2. MH
    Maciej Henneberg

    The University of Adelaide, Australia

    5 publications · 460 citations

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  3. GC
    Glenn C. Conroy

    Washington University in St. Louis, United States

    4 publications · 342 citations

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  4. HS
    Horst Seidler

    University of Vienna, Austria

    4 publications · 318 citations

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  5. MH
    Milford H. Wolpoff

    University of Michigan, United States

    4 publications · 155 citations

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Institutions

94

  1. University of the Witwatersrand

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    7 h-index

    12 publications

    987 citations

  2. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    454 citations

  3. Washington University in St. Louis

    St Louis, United States

    5 h-index

    12 publications

    1.1K citations

  4. University of Vienna

    Vienna, Austria

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    999 citations

  5. University at Albany, State University of New York

    Albany, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    174 citations

  6. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    212 citations

  7. Albany State University

    Albany, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    151 citations

  8. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    25 citations

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  1. American Journal of Physical Anthropology

    10 publications · 486 citations

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  2. Science

    7 publications · 591 citations

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  3. Journal of Human Evolution

    JHE · 6 publications · 282 citations

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  4. Nature

    5 publications · 186 citations

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  5. Current Anthropology

    CA · 2 publications · 368 citations

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