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New Endocranial Values for the Australopithecines

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THROUGH the kindness of Professor Tobias, I recently spent five months in South Africa studying the endocranial remains of the australopithecines. I found substantial differences between my determinations of endocranial volumes and those previously published. Detailed descriptions of methods and morphological comparisons are in preparation.

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HOLLOWAY, R. New Endocranial Values for the Australopithecines. Nature 227, 199–200 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/227199a0

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