Neupsy Key

Plate 10.1 A. africanus: Sts 5 (Sterkfontein, South Africa) Plate 10.2—P. aethiopicus: KNM WT-17000 (West Turkana, Kenya) Plate 10.2 P. aethiopicus: KNM WT-17000 (West Turkana, Kenya) Plate 10.3—P. boisei s.s.: OH 5 (Olduvai Gorge,…

Fig. 9.1 Structural MRI. a MRI scanner. Image credit Jan Ainali, Wikimedia Commons. b T1-weighted MRI scan of human brain (left) and chimpanzee brain (right) Strengths Structural MRI’s main strength is…

Fig. 4.1 Genes and traits are linked by multiple relationships involving pleiotropy and poligeny. Furthermore, genes and traits have intrinsic patterns of integration and modularity. Finally, both systems are susceptible to…

Fig. 3.1 Natural endocast of the Taung child, an Australopithecus africanus fossil from South Africa. a Photograph of the original specimen. b Computed-tomographic (CT) scan of the original fossil. The frontal…

Fig. 5.1 Hominin brain size evolution. Endocranial volume (EV) in milliliters is plotted against geological age of hominin fossils (mya, million years ago): gracile Australopithecines (green triangles), robust Australopithecines (black triangles),…

Fig. 2.1 The lunate sulcus forming the boundary between the parietal and occipital lobes on the left hemisphere of a chimpanzee brain. The location of the lunate sulcus in hominin fossil…

Fig. 6.1 A mitogenomic phylogeny of great apes and their species-level hand preference proportions. R = right-handed, L = left-handed. Mio = millions of years. Modified portion of Finstermeier et al. (2013) Fig. 2 (doi:10.​1371/​journal.​pone.​0069504.​g002). Creative Commons license…

Fig. 7.1 Functional neuroanatomy. a Cortical regions discussed in the text. Prefrontal regions adapted from Badre and d’Esposito 2009. b Regions specifically implicated in stone tool-making. Adapted from Stout and Chaminade…