Re-evaluation of the endocranial volume of the Guattari 1 Neandertal specimen (Monte Circeo)
Recheis, W.; Macchiarelli, R.; Seidler, H.; Weaver, D.S.; Schäfer, K.; Bondioli, L.; Weber, G.W.; zur Nedden, D.
Collegium Antropologicum 23(2): 397-405
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 0350-6134 PMID: 10646215 Document Number: 506860
The endocranial capacity of Guattari 1 originally was estimated by Sergi as approximately 1.550 cm3. Using three different approaches, a physical endocast, a stereolithographic model, and a virtual endocast, we have estimated the endocranial capacity of Guattari 1 as approximately 1.350 cm3. This paper explains our revision of the estimated endocranial volume of Guattari 1, provides a cautionary case concerning other estimates of endocranial volume, and demonstrates and encourages the use of recent advances in imaging, modeling, and analysis of endocranial volume.