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Evolutionary changes of braincase shape from an elongated to a globular shape. The latter evolves via an expansion of the cerebellum and bulging of the parietal. Jebel Irhoud 1 (∼300 ka) and Qafzeh 9 (∼95 ka). Source: Eleanor Scerri et al (2018)
El maxilar humano de la cueva Misliya, datado en 177-194 ka. Representante de un grupo de Homo sapiens que salió de África mucho antes que los fósiles que conocíamos de Skhül y Qafzeh (90-120 ka). Fuente: Hershkovitz I. (2018) The earliest modern humans outside Africa.
Endocranial shape Neandertals v. Modern Humans: A=Nea, La Chapelle-aux-Saints, elongated. B=MH, globular. Arrows=enlarged posterior cranial fossa (housing the cerebellum) & bulging of parietal bones in MHs compared to Nea. Source: Gunz et al (2019) https://t.co/TrdnMd91he
¡Presentado el primer cráneo casi completo (y primera cara) de Australopithecus anamensis! Encontrado en 2016 en Woranso-Mille, Etiopía. De ~3,8 Ma. ¿Coexistieron Au anamensis y su sucesora Au afarensis durante ~100.000 años? Haile-Selassie et al (2019) https://t.co/2zmqKsypND
#FossilFriday The 5 Dmanisi skulls (CT-based visualization): D2700/D2735 adolescent; D2282/D211 young adult virtual reconstruction; D2280 adult; D4500/D2600 adult; D3444/D3900 old edentulous adult. Source: Lordkipanidze et al 2013 DOI: 10.1126/science.1238484
On the skull and endocast KNM-ER 42700 from Ileret, Kenya, with a chronology of 1.5 million years. This is a tiny skull of c. 691cc, the smallest for any Homo ergaster. https://t.co/CckilnSo1m By Emiliano Bruner
Out of Africa and into an archaic human melting pot https://t.co/U7AywUJEOV
The Ceprano skull. European Middle Pleistocene. Credit: Manzi G (2016) https://t.co/W72tNdxeCv
#FossilFriday The human hemimaxilla from Misliya Cave, dated to 177 to 194 ka. Members of the Homo sapiens clade left Africa earlier than previously thought (90-120 ka). From Hershkovitz I. (2018) The earliest modern humans outside Africa.