Given the following images of primate skulls: What is the function of the brain crest? If a primate does not have a crest, what does it say about the primate? How are the sizes of the forehead and temporal area related to the volume or size of the brain?

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Given the following images of primate skulls:

  1. What is the function of the brain crest? If a primate does not have a crest, what does it say about the primate?
  2. How are the sizes of the forehead and temporal area related to the volume or size of the brain?
Crest
Braincase
Brow ridge
Canine teeth
Crest
Braincase
Brow ridge
Canine teeth
Braincase
Temporal area
Canine teeth
Booooo
Gorilla
Australopithecus
9₂0
Homo sapiens
Figure 12.2. Front view of primate skulls.
Transcribed Image Text:Crest Braincase Brow ridge Canine teeth Crest Braincase Brow ridge Canine teeth Braincase Temporal area Canine teeth Booooo Gorilla Australopithecus 9₂0 Homo sapiens Figure 12.2. Front view of primate skulls.
Braincase
Temporal area
Neck area
Crest
Gorilla
Australopithecus
Homo sapiens
Crest
Braincase
emporal area
Neck area
Braincase
Temporal area
eck area -
Figure 12.1. Side view of primate skulls.
Brow ridge
Canine teeth
Brow ridge
Canine teeth
Canine teeth
Transcribed Image Text:Braincase Temporal area Neck area Crest Gorilla Australopithecus Homo sapiens Crest Braincase emporal area Neck area Braincase Temporal area eck area - Figure 12.1. Side view of primate skulls. Brow ridge Canine teeth Brow ridge Canine teeth Canine teeth
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