Abstract
CALCULATION of the estimated cranial capacity of Olduvai hominid 7 (FLKNN I) was attempted on the basis of the ratio of biparietal endocast volume to total endocast volume1,2. No serious attempt has been made to determine the variability of this ratio within any hominoid species, although the lack of any significant variability is assumed in the calculation. Indeed, no criticism has been raised with respect to the original calculation of the ratio based on a sample of four, one of which is a juvenile. Of the four, only two are australopithecines, and the only adult of this type belongs to the one species within which Olduvai hominid 7 has not been included.
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WOLPOFF, M. Cranial Capacity and Taxonomy of Olduvai Hominid 7. Nature 223, 182–183 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/223182a0
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