How Big Brains Evolved Could Be Revealed By New Mathematical Model (IMAGE)

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How Big Brains Evolved Could Be Revealed By New Mathematical Model

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Homo erectus endocast in the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. Under the specifications used, the authors' mathematical model recovered brain sizes matching those of H. erectus.

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Tim Evanson, CC-BY-SA

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