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Virtual Endocasts

Virtual Endocasts is a computational neuroanatomical construct derived from high-resolution imaging data that digitally reconstructs the endocranial cavity to infer brain morphology and volume in extinct and extant species for evolutionary analysis.

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182

Authors

134

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2017–2026

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Variants

Digital Endocasts

Parents

Publications

59

The pattern of endocranial ontogenetic shape changes in humans

Simon Neubauer, Philipp Gunz, Jean‐Jacques Hublin · Journal of Anatomy · 2009 · 201 citations · Full text

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The Endocast of MH1, <i>Australopithecus sediba</i>

Kristian J. Carlson, Dietrich Stout, Tea Jashashvili et al. · Science · 2011 · 185 citations

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Inner ear anatomy is a proxy for deducing auditory capability and behaviour in reptiles and birds

Stig A. Walsh, Paul M. Barrett, Angela C. Milner et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2009 · 157 citations · Full text

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LB1’s virtual endocast, microcephaly, and hominin brain evolution

Dean Falk, Charles F. Hildebolt, Kirk Smith et al. · Journal of Human Evolution · 2009 · 142 citations

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Brain shape in human microcephalics and <i>Homo floresiensis</i>

Dean Falk, Charles F. Hildebolt, Kirk Smith et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2007 · 91 citations · Full text

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Authors

182

  1. MS
    Mary Silcox

    University of Toronto, Canada

    11 publications · 511 citations

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  2. OB
    Ornella Bertrand

    The Scarborough Hospital, Canada

    8 publications · 326 citations

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  3. BM
    Bradley M. Arsznov

    Michigan State University, United States

    4 publications · 75 citations

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  4. JI
    Jonathan I. Bloch

    Florida Museum of Natural History, United States

    4 publications · 211 citations

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  5. ST
    Sharleen T. Sakai

    Michigan State University, United States

    4 publications · 75 citations

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Institutions

134

  1. The Scarborough Hospital

    Toronto, Canada

    10 h-index

    22 publications

    927 citations

  2. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    10 h-index

    23 publications

    932 citations

  3. American Museum of Natural History

    New York, United States

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    237 citations

  4. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

    Buenos Aires, Argentina

    5 h-index

    13 publications

    336 citations

  5. Natural History Museum

    London, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    647 citations

  6. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

    Córdoba, Argentina

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    168 citations

  7. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    329 citations

  8. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    4 h-index

    13 publications

    255 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Anatomy

    6 publications · 363 citations

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  2. American Journal of Physical Anthropology

    6 publications · 208 citations

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  3. Brain Behavior and Evolution

    5 publications · 95 citations

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  4. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

    4 publications · 171 citations

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  5. Journal of Mammalian Evolution

    3 publications · 84 citations

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