Sentences with phrase «endocasts for»

A resulting file of the reference planes and bony labyrinth endocasts for Petauroides volans is shown in Figure 1.

Endocasts for this analysis came from two other partial H. naledi skulls.

Then they compared the two endocasts with those for seven fossils of early cynodonts — carnivorous reptiles that are close relatives of the first mammals — as well as with endocasts for 27 other primitive mammals that lived between 65 million and 190 million years ago and with the brains of 270 living mammals.

Not exact matches

Identification of in vivo sulci on the external surface of eight adult chimpanzee brains: implications for interpreting early hominin endocasts.

That oddly textured pebble, scientists report at the Society for Vertebrate Paleontology meeting, is actually an endocast — an impression preserved in the rock — that represents the first known evidence of fossilized brain tissue of a dinosaur (likely a close relative of Iguanodon, a large, herbivorous type of dinosaur that lived about 133 million years ago).

Homo naledi posterior endocasts and their significance for understanding brain reorganization.

The volume of this separated portion amounted to 39 % of the original total brain volume for the mean San endocast.

The selected region of the bony labyrinth was subsequently outlined for each CT slice image in VGStudioMax and added together to produce segments representing endocasts of both bony labyrinths in each specimen.

For a photo gallery of skulls and endocasts, see Dean Falk's collection at http://www.albany.edu/braindance/gallery.htm. A comparative collection of brains is at http://brainmuseum.org. The photograph of Tobias and Calvin is thanks to Dr. Qian Wang.