Osteogenesis and neurogenesis: a robust link also for language evolution

Abstract

This paper seeks to contribute to the characterization of the relation between osteogenesis and neurogenesis by approaching it from the field of the neurobiology of language and cognition; specifically, from an evolutionary perspective. It is difficult to ascertain how the hominin brain changed to support modern language and cognitive abilities because we can only rely on skull remains. But insights can be gained from fossils because the brain and the skull exhibit a tight relationship.