Sentences with phrase «small braincase»

Not exact matches

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.

The shape of the brain case was the first to change: the new skull has a braincase shaped like a typical H. erectus despite its small size.

Neubauer considers it unlikely that the gradual evolution of smaller faces with the same general skull shape altered braincase shapes.

In general, though, the faces of H. sapiens got smaller over time, a skull change that Zollikofer contends critically influenced the evolution of rounded braincases described in the new report.

But it also resembles H. sapiens, with its smaller teeth and bigger braincase.