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Tag Archives: Primatology and Human Evolution
Functional craniology and brain evolution: from paleontology to biomedicine. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy 8,19 (click to download)
Paleoneurology- NalediRalph Holloway and colleagues have just published a paleoneurological study of Homo naledi. They used seven cranial portions from at least five individuals to provide a general view of an endocast of this species. The study is comprehensive and very detailed, indeed. It turns out that, despite the very small endocranial volume (about 500 cc), […]
- Naledi
- Anthropology
- How did the Eastern Island Maoi Get 13-Ton HatsOne of my interests in the peopling of the Americas are the Easter Island maoi statues made by the Rapanui …Continue reading →
- How did the Eastern Island Maoi Get 13-Ton Hats
- Brain evolution
- Why Social Science Needs Evolutionary Theoryhttp://nautil.us/blog/why-social-science-needs-evolutionary-theory
- Why Social Science Needs Evolutionary Theory
- Bones and skulls
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- Osteons
- Who needs an osteologist? (Installment 52)From bioarchaeologist Megan Perry come a couple screen shots from Blade Runner 2049:Oh hey, the scapulae are upside down with the socket part of the ball-and-socket joint pointing in towards the middle of the body. Total week 1 rookie osteology mistake!The clavicles are a bit hard to see, but are also wrong, with the lateral end weirdly pointing to the middl […]
- Who needs an osteologist? (Installment 52)
- Neurophilosophy
- Researchers develop non-invasive deep brain stimulation methodResearchers at MIT have developed a new method of electrically stimulating deep brain tissues without opening the skullSince 1997, more than 100,000 Parkinson’s Disease patients have been treated with deep brain stimulation (DBS), a surgical technique that involves the implantation of ultra-thin wire electrodes. The implanted device, sometimes referred to as […]
- Researchers develop non-invasive deep brain stimulation method
- Primatología
- Jornada Informativa: Máster en Primatología 2018El próximo lunes 25 de Junio de 2018 a las 12:00h en el Centro de Recuperación de Primates de Fundació Mona, se llevará a cabo la primera de las sesiones informativas del Máster en Primatología organizado por la Fundació Universitat de Girona en colaboración con la Fundació Mona. El Máster, que está dirigido a Licenciados…
- Jornada Informativa: Máster en Primatología 2018
- Digital disease
- On ethics, fair use and 3D printingDigitised Diseases is an online digital resource of pathological type specimens made up of more than 1600 3D models of …Continue reading →
- On ethics, fair use and 3D printing
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