. The brain in hominid evolution. Human evolution; Brain; Fossil hominids. CMS Figure i 1: Norma verticalis (left) and norma lateralis (right) of the new endocranial cast (SK 1585) of a hominid from Swartkrans. This is the most perfectly preserved endocast yet found at any of the South African sites that have yielded the robust australopithecine (Australopithecus robustus); however, another hominid has been identified from the same site, namely a member of the genus Homo (originally called Telan- thropus). The photographs of the new endocast were generously sup- plied by Dr. C. K. Brain, Direc
. The brain in hominid evolution. Human evolution; Brain; Fossil hominids. CMS Figure i 1: Norma verticalis (left) and norma lateralis (right) of the new endocranial cast (SK 1585) of a hominid from Swartkrans. This is the most perfectly preserved endocast yet found at any of the South African sites that have yielded the robust australopithecine (Australopithecus robustus); however, another hominid has been identified from the same site, namely a member of the genus Homo (originally called Telan- thropus). The photographs of the new endocast were generously sup- plied by Dr. C. K. Brain, Director of the Transvaal Museum, and discoverer of the specimen. 450 to 550 ; In his definition of Paranthropus (1962b, p. 138) he cited "an endocranial volume of the order of 450 to 550 ; as one of its features. Thus, until very recently, no specimen provided clearcut evidence on the cranial capacity of the South African robust form. On 17 January 1966, C. K. Brain, in a new excavation at Swartkrans, found a superbly preserved hominid endocranial cast, SK 1585 (1968a, 1969) (Figure 11). He has kindly permitted me to quote his as yet unpublished estimate of its capacity, namely 475 Holloway has made an independent study and reconstruc- tion of the missing parts of the endocast, from which he finds a higher value, namely 530 (the same value as that for the Olduvai specimen, Old. Horn. 5). The difference between the 2 estimates is appreciable. Dr. 23 &. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Tobias, Phillip V. New York : Columbia University Press
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