ReviewCommunications biology2023
From fossils to mind.
Review in Communications biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
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13 citing papers in PubMed.
- Severe bottleneck of ancient Homo populations: insights from computational modeling and relevant fossil evidence.Molecular biology and evolution · 2026Article
- Evolutionary stasis in synapsid encephalization during the end-permian mass extinction.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Open access and digital morphology data in evolutionary biology: expanding frontiers of knowledge.BMC ecology and evolution · 2026Review
- The genetic architecture of human cerebellar morphology supports a key role for the cerebellum in human evolution and psychopathology.Communications biology · 2026Article
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- Evaluating the effects of archaic protein-altering variants in living human adults.Science advances · 2025Article
- The emergence of genetic variants linked to brain and cognitive traits in human evolution.Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) · 2025Article
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- How to Live in the Moment: The Methodology and Limitations of Evolutionary Research on Consciousness.Cognitive science · 2025Article
- Cortical areas associated to higher cognition drove primate brain evolution.Communications biology · 2025Article
- A Human Brain Map of Mitochondrial Respiratory Capacity and Diversity.Research square · 2024Article
- A Human Brain Map of Mitochondrial Respiratory Capacity and Diversity.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- From fossils to mind.Communications biology · 2023Review
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Abstract
Fossil endocasts record features of brains from the past: size, shape, vasculature, and gyrification. These data, alongside experimental and comparative evidence, are needed to resolve questions about brain energetics, cognitive specializations, and developmental plasticity. Through the application of interdisciplinary techniques to the fossil record, paleoneurology has been leading major innovations. Neuroimaging is shedding light on fossil brain organization and behaviors. Inferences about the development and physiology of the brains of extinct species can be experimentally investigated through brain organoids and transgenic models based on ancient DNA. Phylogenetic comparative methods integrate data across species and associate genotypes to phenotypes, and brains to behaviors. Meanwhile, fossil and archeological discoveries continuously contribute new knowledge. Through cooperation, the scientific community can accelerate knowledge acquisition. Sharing digitized museum collections improves the availability of rare fossils and artifacts. Comparative neuroanatomical data are available through online databases, along with tools for their measurement and analysis. In the context of these advances, the paleoneurological record provides ample opportunity for future research. Biomedical and ecological sciences can benefit from paleoneurology's approach to understanding the mind as well as its novel research pipelines that establish connections between neuroanatomy, genes and behavior.
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