Lunate sulcus
| Lunate sulcus | |
|---|---|
 Lateral surface of left cerebral hemisphere, viewed from the side. | |
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| Identifiers | |
| Latin | sulcus lunatus |
| NeuroLex ID | Lunate sulcus |
| TA | A14.1.09.134 |
| FMA | 83788 |
In brain anatomy, the lunate sulcus or simian sulcus also known as the sulcus lunatus is a fissure in the occipital lobe[1] found in humans and more often larger when present in apes and monkeys.[2]
The lunate sulcus lies further back of human brains but has a more frontal location in chimpanzees.[3] The evolutionary expansion of the frontal areas of the lunate sulcus would have caused a shift in the particular location of the fissure.[3][4] It has been hypothesized that evolutionary pressures resulted in the human brain undergoing internal reorganization to develop the capability of human language.[5] Furthermore, this reorganization must have been implemented during early maturity and is likely responsible for eidetic imagery in some adolescents.[5]
During early development, the neural connections in prefrontal cortex and posterior parietal lobe rapidly expand to allow capability for human language, while visual memory capacity of human brain would become limited.[6] Biological studies have demonstrated that the lunate sulcus is subject to white matter growth, and dental fossil and tomography studies have shown that the brain organization of Africanus is pongid-like.[7]
References
- ↑ Allen JS, Bruss J, Damasio H (August 2006). "Looking for the lunate sulcus: a magnetic resonance imaging study in modern humans". Anat Rec A Discov Mol Cell Evol Biol. 288 (8): 867–76. doi:10.1002/ar.a.20362. PMID 16835937.
- ↑ Srijit D, Shipra P (2008). "Unilateral absence of the lunate sulcus: an anatomical perspective". Rom J Morphol Embryol. 49 (2): 257–8. PMID 18516336.
- 1 2 Rincon, P (2004). 3496549.stm "Human brain began evolving early" Check
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- 1 2 Ko, Kwang Hyun (2015). "Brain Reorganization Allowed for the Development of Human Language: Lunate Sulcus". International Journal of Biology. 7: 59. doi:10.5539/ijb.v7n3p59.
- ↑ Gogtay, N (2004). "Dynamic mapping of human cortical development during childhood through early adulthood". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101. doi:10.1073/pnass0402680101.
- ↑ Dean, C (2001). "Growth processes in teeth distinguish modern humans from Homo erectus and earlier hominins". Nature. 414: 628–631. doi:10.1038/414628a.
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