ArticleScience advances2018
The evolution of modern human brain shape.
Article in Science advances, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 96 papers.
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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Modern humans have large and globular brains that distinguish them from their extinct
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