Paleoanthropology of cognition: an overview on Hominins brain evolution

Recent advances in neurobiology, paleontology, and paleogenetics allow us to associate changes in brain size and organization with three main “moments” of increased behavioral complexity and, more speculatively, language development. First, Australopiths display a significant increase in brain size...

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Published in:	Comptes Rendus Biologies
Main Authors:	Hublin, Jean-Jacques, Changeux, Jean-Pierre
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Académie des sciences 2022-10-01
Subjects:	Brain evolution Ancestors of Homo sapiens Hominins Genetics and epigenesis Connectomics
Online Access:	https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/biologies/articles/10.5802/crbiol.92/