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Emiliano Bruner

Full name

Emiliano Bruner

Affiliation

CENIEH

Address

Paseo de Atapuerca s/n
09002
Burgos
Spain

Email

emiliano.bruner(at)cenieh.es

Home page

http://paleoneurology.wordpress.com/

Research Areas

  • Computational neuroscience
  • Neuroimaging

Keywords

Paleoneurology, morphometrics, digital anthropology, brain evolution

Research focus

I work on anatomy and morphometrics. My researches focus on human evolution, using digital tools and multivariate statistics to analyse the relationships between brain and braincase.

Research description


I am a biologist working on cranial anatomy and morphometrics. My researches focus mainly on human evolution, using digital tools and multivariate statistics to analyse the relationships between brain and braincase. I work on fossils as well as on living humans, trying to investigate the evolution of the endocranial structures in terms of morphological integration and functional relationships. I use “informatics” both to reconstruct samples (computed tomography, magnetic resonance, virtual reconstructions) and to analyse the patterns of covariation characterising morphogenesis and evolution (geometric morphometrics, multivariate spatial analyses, functional mapping). I also try to integrate the information from the anatomical system with information from indirect evidence of brain evolution, as supplied by neuroarchaeology and neuropsychiatry.

 

My webpage: http://paleoneurology.wordpress.com/

 

Some references:


Bruner E., De la Cuétara J.M., Martin-Loeches M. & Colom R. 2012. Gender-based differences in the shape of the human corpus callosum are associated with allometric variations. J. Anat. (in press).
Bruner E. 2012. La evolución cerebral de los homínidos. Investigación y Ciencia 425: 68-76.
Bruner E., De la Cuétara J.M., Holloway R. 2011. A bivariate approach to the variation of the parietal curvature in the genus Homo. Anat. Rec. 294: 1548-1556.
Kyriacou A., Bruner E. 2011. Brain evolution, innovation, and endocranial variations in fossil hominids. PaleoAnthropology 2011: 130-143.
Bruner E., Martin-Loeches M. Burgaleta M. & Colom R. 2011. Midsagittal brain shape correlation with intelligence and cognitive performance. Intelligence 39: 141-147.
Bruner E., Mantini S., Musso F., de la Cuétara J.M., Ripani M. & Sherkat S. 2011. The evolution of the meningeal vascular system in the human genus: from brain shape to thermoregulation. Am. J. Hum. Biol. 23: 35-43.
Bruner E. 2010. Morphological differences in the parietal lobes within the human genus: a neurofunctional perspective. Curr. Anthropol. 51: S77-S88.
Bruner E., Martin-Loeches M., & Colom R. 2010. Human midsagittal brain shape variation: patterns, allometry, and integration. J. Anat. 216: 589-599.
Bruner E. & Holloway R. 2010. bivariate approach to the widening of the frontal lobes in the genus Homo. J. Hum. Evol. 58: 138-146.
Bruner E. 2010. The evolution of the parietal cortical areas in the human genus: between structure and cognition, in Human Brain Evolving, ed. D. Broadfield, M. Yuan, K. Schick, and N. Toth. Bloomington: the Stone Age Institute. Pp. 83-96.
Bruner E. 2010. Evoluzione e Paleoneurologia. Antrocom 6/1; 91-99.
Bruner E., Mantini S. & Ripani M. 2009. Landmark-based analysis of the morphological relationship between endocranial shape and traces of the middle meningeal vessels. Anat. Rec. 292: 518-527.
Bruner E. & Sherkat S. 2008. The middle meningeal artery: from clinics to fossils. Child’s Nerv. Syst. 24: 1289-1298.
Bruner E. & Ripani M. 2008. A quantitative and descriptive approach to morphological variation of the endocranial base in modern humans. Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 137: 30-40.
Bruner E. 2008. Comparing endocranial form and shape differences in modern humans and Neandertal: a geometric approach. PaleoAnthropology 2008: 93-106.
Bruner E. & Manzi G. 2008. Paleoneurology of an early Neanderthal: endocranial size, shape, and features of Saccopastore 1. J. Hum. Evol. 54: 729-742.
Bruner E. 2007. Cranial shape and size variation in human evolution: structural and functional perspectives. Childs Nerv. Sys. 23; 1357-1365.
Bruner E. & Jeffery N. 2007. Extracting functional, phylogenetic and structural data from the subcortical brain: an exploratory geometric morphometric survey. J. Anthropol. Sci. 85; 125-138.
Bruner E. & G. Manzi 2007. Landmark-based shape analysis of the archaic Homo calvarium from Ceprano (Italy). Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 132; 355-366.
Bruner E., Manzi G. & R. Holloway 2006. Krapina and Saccopastore: Endocranial morphology in the pre-Wurmian Europeans. Period. Biolog.  108; 433-441.
Bruner E., Mantini S., Perna A., Maffei C. & G. Manzi 2005.  Fractal dimension of the middle meningeal vessels: variation and evolution in Homo erectus, Neanderthals, and modern humans. Eur. J. Morphol. 42; 217- 224.
Bruner E. & G. Manzi 2005. CT-based description and phyletic evaluation of the archaic human calvarium from Ceprano, Italy. Anat Rec. 285A; 643-658.
Bruner E. 2004. Geometric morphometrics and paleoneurology: brain shape evolution in the genus Homo. J. Hum. Evol. 47; 279-303.
Bruner E., B. Saracino, P. Passarello, F. Ricci, M. Tafuri & G. Manzi 2004. Midsagittal Cranial shape variation in the genus Homo by geometric morphometrics. Coll. Antropol. 28: 99-112.
Bruner E., G Manzi & JL Arsuaga 2003. Encephalization and allometric trajectories in the genus Homo: Evidence from the Neandertal and modern lineages. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 100, 15335-15340.


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