ReviewFrontiers in neuroanatomy2014
Functional craniology and brain evolution: from paleontology to biomedicine.
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- A comprehensive anatomical network analysis of human brain topology.Journal of anatomy · 2023Article
- The parietal lobe evolution and the emergence of material culture in the human genus.Brain structure & function · 2023Review
- Craniofacial orientation and parietal bone morphology in adult modern humans.Journal of anatomy · 2022Article
- Craniovascular traits and braincase morphology in craniosynostotic human skulls.Journal of anatomy · 2021Article
- Normal craniovascular variation in two modern European adult populations.Journal of anatomy · 2019Article
- A catalog of single nucleotide changes distinguishing modern humans from archaic hominins.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Craniofacial skeletal response to encephalization: How do we know what we think we know?American journal of physical anthropology · 2019Article
- On a Simple General Principle of Brain Organization.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2019Article
- A Brain for Speech. Evolutionary Continuity in Primate and Human Auditory-Vocal Processing.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2018Review
- Shape analysis of spatial relationships between orbito-ocular and endocranial structures in modern humans and fossil hominids.Journal of anatomy · 2017Article
- Evidence for expansion of the precuneus in human evolution.Brain structure & function · 2017Article
- Language, Paleoneurology, and the Fronto-Parietal System.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2017Article
- Midsagittal Brain Variation among Non-Human Primates: Insights into Evolutionary Expansion of the Human Precuneus.Brain, behavior and evolution · 2017Article
- Analysis of the volumetric relationship among human ocular, orbital and fronto-occipital cortical morphology.Journal of anatomy · 2015Article
- The brain and the braincase: a spatial analysis on the midsagittal profile in adult humans.Journal of anatomy · 2015Article
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Abstract
Anatomical systems are organized through a network of structural and functional relationships among their elements. This network of relationships is the result of evolution, it represents the actual target of selection, and it generates the set of rules orienting and constraining the morphogenetic processes. Understanding the relationship among cranial and cerebral components is necessary to investigate the factors that have influenced and characterized our neuroanatomy, and possible drawbacks associated with the evolution of large brains. The study of the spatial relationships between skull and brain in the human genus has direct relevance in cranial surgery. Geometrical modeling can provide functional perspectives in evolution and brain physiology, like in simulations to investigate metabolic heat production and dissipation in the endocranial form. Analysis of the evolutionary constraints between facial and neural blocks can provide new information on visual impairment. The study of brain form variation in fossil humans can supply a different perspective for interpreting the processes behind neurodegeneration and Alzheimer's disease. Following these examples, it is apparent that paleontology and biomedicine can exchange relevant information and contribute at the same time to the development of robust evolutionary hypotheses on brain evolution, while offering more comprehensive biological perspectives with regard to the interpretation of pathological processes.
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