Publication: Spinal cord evolution in early Homo
Spinal cord evolution in early Homo
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Meyer, M. R., & Haeusler, M. (2015). Spinal cord evolution in early Homo. Journal of Human Evolution, 88, 43–53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2015.09.001
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The discovery at Nariokotome of the Homo erectus skeleton KNM-WT 15000, with a narrow spinal canal, seemed to show that this relatively large-brained hominin retained the primitive spinal cord size of African apes and that brain size expansion preceded postcranial neurological evolution. Here we compare the size and shape of the KNM-WT 15000 spinal canal with modern and fossil taxa including H. erectus from Dmanisi, Homo antecessor, the European middle Pleistocene hominins from Sima de los Huesos, and Pan troglodytes. In terms of shap
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- Meyer, Marc R
- Haeusler, Martin
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Meyer, M. R., & Haeusler, M. (2015). Spinal cord evolution in early Homo. Journal of Human Evolution, 88, 43–53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2015.09.001
