Early brain growth in Homo erectus and implications for cognitive ability

@article{Coqueugniot2004EarlyBG,
  title={Early brain growth in Homo erectus and implications for cognitive ability},
  author={H{\'e}l{\`e}ne Coqueugniot and J.-J. Hublin and Françis Veillon and Francis Hou{\"e}t and Thomas Jacob},
  journal={Nature},
  year={2004},
  volume={431},
  pages={299-302}
}

• Hélène Coqueugniot, J.-J. Hublin, +2 authors Thomas Jacob
• Published 2004 in Nature
• DOI:10.1038/nature02852

Humans differ from other primates in their significantly lengthened growth period. The persistence of a fetal pattern of brain growth after birth is another important feature of human development. Here we present the results of an analysis of the 1.8-million-year-old Mojokerto child (Perning 1, Java), the only well preserved skull of a Homo erectus infant, by computed tomography. Comparison with a large series of extant humans and chimpanzees indicates that this individual was about 1 yr (0–1.5… CONTINUE READING

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