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Appendix: Hominidae Catalogue Appendix: Hominidae Catalogue Abel, W.: Kritische Untersuchungen iiber AnstralopitMcns africanns Dart. Morphoi. Jb. 66, 539-640 (193J.). Pp. 578-582, "The brain of Anstralopithecns, with fig. 16 (from Dart); its capacity and shape" Angelroth, H.: Essai sur les causes de l'evolution et de l'anthropogenese. Bull. Soc. Roy. beIge Anthrop. Prehist. 67, 5-23 (1956). The author insists that Middle Paleolithic (Mous­ tier: H. neanderthalensis) man had smaller frontal lobes, larger occipital region, and a lesser number of sulci than modern men; that volume and" conformation" of brain decide intellectual stages, and progressed parallel to progress of toolmaking (p. 15). Erect posture, i.e., change in natural equilibrium of the head, caused enlargement of cranial capsule, hence of brain [a pris peu a peu son volume actual], freedom of hands and other factors were additional causes. P. 17, "The power of the faculties depends on the cerebral mass, but also ... on the number of convolution.';!" Anile, A.: II cervello dell'Uomo Oro Magnon. Atti Accad. med.-chirurg. Napoli 70, 17-26 (1916a). "How to explain such richness of brain substance associated with so little activity of thought?", namely, 1590 to 1715 cc. With the acquisition of erect posture, man lost advantageous physical attributes, enriched the potentialities of internal energies ... under the increasing pressure of incoming stimuli, the preformed brain tissues became functionally specialized Anile, A.: II cervello dell'umomo preistorico. Scientia 20, 360-368 (1916b). In French, 20, suppi. 206-215. The same as 1916a [Anonymous. Cave Man's brain found. The Masterkey 4, 83 (1930). On the two "actually petrified brains" of Hindze 1927] Anthony, J.: L'Evolution cerebrale des Primates. BioI. mad. 41, 1-17 (1952). "The brain enlarges progressively in the ascending series of the primates": a list of cranial capacities, lemur·to·man, including six fossil hominids (p. 2; fig. 2a: La Quina endocast) Anthony, J.: Le cerveau humain a la lumiere de l'anatomie comparee. Pp. 23-54 in L'evolution humaine: speciation et relation. Paris 1957. This thoughtful paper, which also discusses brain weights (p.49) and lobotomy (p.52), includes brief characterizations of Plesianthropus and Sinanthropus (p. 28-29, figs. 2 a-b, from the literature, as is fig. 3a: La Quina man) Anthony, J.: La realization du cerveau humain. Pp. 79-86 in Les processus de l'hominisation. Colloque international du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. Paris 1958. Pp. 82-86 reviews capacities and unreliable surface marks on fossilhominidendocasts, doubts one can pinpoint morphologically a "rubicon" at the appearance of man. [Review by P. Overhage, Anthropos 65, 244-245, 1960] Anthony, J.: La morphologie encephalique de la region parietale. Impressions cerebrales d'Atlanthropns mauritanicns. Pp. 51-54. In: Arambourg 1963. Identifies on the endocast of the parietal bone (figs. 22-23) several convolutions and sulci and distinguishes among them possibly Homo and possibly sub-Homo characters Anthony, J.: Premieres observations sur Ie moulage endocranien des Hommes fossiles du Jebel Irhoud (Maroc.). Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. (France) 262, 55-558 (1966). Non vid. Anthony, R.: See Boule, M. and R. Anthony (1910) Anthony, R.: See Boule, M. and R. Anthony (1911) Anthony, R.: L'encephale de 1'Homme fossile de la Quina. Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris 156, 91-93 (1912). It is smaller than, but similar to, the La Chapelle brain of H. neander· thalensis, with the same proportions of the cerebral lobes and the distinct but primitive "Cap de Broca" Anthony, R. : The brain of the La Quina fossil man. Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advanc. Sci. 82, 601-602 (1913a). P. 601, the brain of La Quina man described as long and flat. Neopallial topo­ graphy is similar to La Chapelle man. P.602, concludes that La Quina and La Chapelle men are nearer to brains of anthropoid apes than any known human brains 183 Anthony, R.: L'encephale de l'homme de La Quina. Bull. Soc. Anthrop. Paris (6) 4, 117-195 (1913b). Partly reprinted in H. Martin 1923. The definitive report on all features of the La Quina endocast (figs. 1--5, 10, 11-13, 15; pI. I, fa. 1-2; II, fa. 3-4; ill, f.5) compared with those in apes, modem man, Pithecanthropus, and other neandertalian specimens such as those from the Neanderthal (figs. 7, 8,17,20) and Gibraltar (figs. 6,14; pI. ill, f.6) sites Anthony, R.: Les principales caracteristiques de I'encephale de l'Homme neanderthalien de La Quina. Rev. anthrop. 23, 68-72 (1913c). Compares features of brain of La Quina man (figs. 1-2) to those of Neanderthal and La Chapelle men Anthony, R.: Sur l'homme fossile de La Quina. Ethnographie, n.s. 1, 89-91 (1913d). Reprint of summary and conclusions of 1913 [in Bull. Soc. Anthrop. 1913] Anthony, R.: La Morphologie du cerveau chez les Singes et chez l'Homme. Appendice. Le cerveau des,Primates fossiles. Rev. Anthrop. 27, 302-305 (1917a). Brief survey; fig. 55, La Quina cast Anthony, R.: See Boule, M. and R. Anthony (1917b) Anthony, R.: Lea dimensions du canal ve~brallombaire de I'Homme de la Chapelle-aux­ Saints. Rev•. Anthrop. 28, 192-193 (1918). Re-measuring canal in 4th and 5th lumbar and 1st sacral vertebrae, finds lumen considerably wider than in modem man, thus agreeing with Boule 1911 -but not with Baudouin 1915 who measured only on figures Anthony, R.: Le canal ve~brallombaire de I'Homme de la Chapelle-aux-Saints. Bull. et Mem. Soc. Anthrop. Paris (6) 9, 18 (1919). Abbreviated version of 1918 paper Anthony, R.: L'encephale. Pp. 108-114, figs. 19-20. In: Martin, H. 1923a. Reprint of 1913 conclusions Anthony, R.: Le volume et la forme d'ensemble de l'encephale chez un enfant de l'epoque quaternaire. (Etude du moulage endocranien de I'enfant de la Quina.) Bull. Acad. Med. (3) 90,330-334 (1923b). First report on endocast of an 8 year-old H. neomaerthalt:n8iB, a brain differing from those of modem children not in volume (1,100 cc.) but in the same characters as the adult neandertalian brain from those of modem adults, e.g., the anterior frontal region is lower, frontally less steep. The left hemisphere is larger than the right as in the adults from La Quina and La Chapelle but not that from the Neanderthal Anthony, R.: Le cerveau des hommes fossiles. Bull. Soc. Anthrop. Paris (7) 4, 54-68 (1923c). Pp. 60-62, "What we can know of the brain of fossil men", namely, learn from endocasts. Pp.62-67, "The brain of fossil men", volume, form, neopallial topography. Among plate figures, one outlines insula and "Cap de Broca" in H. neanderthalt:n8iB Anthony, R.: Le volume et la forme d'ensemble de I'encephale chez un enfant de l'epoque quaternaire: Etude du moulage endocri.nien de l'enfant de La Quina. Chapter 4, pp. 101-107. In: Martin, H. Recherches sur I'evolution du Mousterien dans Ie gisement de La Quina (Charente). Vol. IV: L'enfant fossile de La Quina. 158 pp. Angouleme 1926. Non vid. Anthony, R.: See Gen. Cat. (1928) Arambourg, C.: La genese de l'humanite. Paris 1943 (Que sais-je? 106, 136 pp., 36 figs.) The description of every fossil prehominid and hominid form includes the brains, and these are discussed, pp. 119-122, in the belief that the brain volume of the neanderthal group remained below human minima (p. 120). P. 69, he regards the 1600 cc. of the La Chapelle man as exceptional, and the 1450 cc. average as relatively small in relation to the large head. The author sees "every step of progress in techniques closely tied to a step in brain im­ provement. Stone age artisans were locked in a circle of intellectual possibilities which they could not transgress because the structure of their brains did not allow it (p. 121) Arambourg, C.: Les donnees de la Paleontologie humaine. pp. 10--59. In: Varagnac, A., ed., L'Homme avant l'ecriture. Destine du Monde, Paris, 1, 1959. Cranial capacities mentioned of Australopithecus, Paranthropus (pp. 24-25), Pithecanthrop'U8 (p. 29), Sinanthrop'U8 (p. 31: "850-1,220 cc., average 1,000, which is still below human minima" [!], and of Neanderthal men whose brains are described as "presenting an organization less perfect especially as concerns the development of intellectual faculties, than the brain of modem man" (p. 37); the cranial capacity of the Tabun woman, 1,260 cc., is noted among its "typically neander­ thalian characters" (p.4O). In "The Cerebralization of the Primates" (pp.51--54) that trend apparent already in the Eocene, is regarded as the specialization which distinguishes that order from all the other mammals. In the human branch there is no indication of qualitative progress of the brain while culture developed Arambourg, C. : Le gisement de Ternifine. II. L'AUanthropus mauritaniC'U8. ill. Interpretations generales. Arch. Inst. Paleont. humaine, Mem. 32, 37-141,142-190(1963). Besides three 184 mandibles and isolated teeth, a right parietal bone stems from the early Mid.-Pleistocene locality. Of its internal surface (figs. 160., 17; pl. VIII, f.2), mainly the imprints of the meningeal arteries are described (pp. 44-51) and compared with those other fossil hominid endocasts, including Binanthr0pu8, Pithecanthropus, PZesianthr0pu8 (figs. 18 a-b, 21). The brain structures it reveals (see J. Anthony 1963) suggest, as do the other remains, a brain larger than in the Binanthr0pu8 phase, and similarity with Rhodesian man (p. 54). From "Endocranial capacity and brain structure" (pp. 147-149) it is concluded that Atlanthropus is an African representative of the middle Pleistocene pithecanthropine group" (p. 149) A chapter "Principal characteristics of the different stages in the evolution of the homin­ ids" states that "the decisive specialization in their evolution was progressive cerebrali­ sation" (p.
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