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Morphological asymmetries in the bodies and facies of modern man have long been recognized, but only during the past 10 years has attention been given to the numerous anatomical asymmetries that are present in the human brain. In the past few years both functional and specific morphological cerebral asymmetries have also been noted in nonhuman primates and other vertebrates (Dewson, 1977; Glick et al., 1977; Nottebohm, 1970; Webster, 1972; Webster and Webster, 1974). The present study reviews the cerebral and cranial asymmetries that have been reported in the past and also presents some new findings made on endocranial casts of a number of nonhuman primate skulls.
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LeMay, M., Billig, M.S., Geschwind, N. (1982). Asymmetries of the Brains and Skulls of Nonhuman Primates. In: Armstrong, E., Falk, D. (eds) Primate Brain Evolution. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4148-2_17
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