Sentences with phrase «on braincase»

Not exact matches

The study casts doubt on a 2014 paper by Falk that was based on casts of the inside of fossil braincases, called endocasts, which preserve impressions of these surface features.

In doing so, numerous measuring points in a dense array were located on the virtual representation of Manot and on several hundreds of other braincases to capture differences and similarities.

The most spectacular finding was made on an elevated shelf within a small chamber of the cave: a very well preserved «calotte,» hence the upper part of a braincase.

«Had Skull 5 been found as an isolated braincase and an isolated face, these parts may have been attributed to distinct species,» says Christoph Zollikofer, a University of Zürich anthropologist and author on the paper published in October.

Using CT scans of ancient and modern human skulls, the researchers created digital brain reconstructions, based on the shape of the inner surface of each skull's braincase.