Pasquale Raia – The Conversation

Neanderthal skull. Petr Student/Shutterstock

January 5, 2023

Human and Neanderthal brains have a surprising ‘youthful’ quality in common, new research finds

Stephen Wroe, University of New England; Gabriele Sansalone, Institute of Marine Sciences, and Pasquale Raia, University of Naples Federico II

The way human brains develop is special – but not quite as special as you’d like to think, if we consider Neanderthals as well.

Sebuah pulau Indonesia adalah tempat penemuan H. Floresiensis - tapi bagaimana spesies manusia kerdil berevolusi? Areza Taqwim/Shutterstock.com

October 14, 2019

Evolusi cepat menjelaskan sosok kecil ‘Hobbit’ yang telah punah dari Pulau Flores

José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho, Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG) and Pasquale Raia, University of Naples Federico II

Ketika spesies yang bertubuh besar menetap di sebuah pulau, mereka akan berevolusi menjadi lebih kecil dalam ukuran - sampai ke titik memberikan keturunan yang kerdil.

An Indonesian island was home to H. Floresiensis – but how did the dwarfed human species evolve? areza taqwim/Shutterstock.com

October 8, 2019

Fast evolution explains the tiny stature of extinct ‘Hobbit’ from Flores Island

José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho, Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG) and Pasquale Raia, University of Naples Federico II

New research models how the Homo floresiensis species could have evolved its small size remarkably quickly while living on an isolated island.

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