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Dr.
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig
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Tuesday, July 5, 2022
7:00 PM Europe/Vienna
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BrainWeb
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70 minutes
Brains do not fossilise, but as they grow and expand during fetal and infant development, they leave an imprint in the bony braincase. Such imprints of fossilised braincases provide direct evidence of brain evolution, but the underlying biological changes have remained elusive. Combining data from fossil skulls, ancient genomes, brain imaging and gene expression helps shed light on the evolutionary changes shaping the human brain. I will highlight two examples separated by more than 3 million years: the evolution of brain growth in Lucy and her kind, and differences between modern humans and Neanderthals.
Philipp Gunz
Dr.
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig
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