Huxley versus Owen: the hippocampus minor and evolution.

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MOCA Reference, APE

Publication Type: Journal Article

Authors: Gross, C G

Year of Publication: 1993

Journal: Trends Neurosci

Volume: 16

Issue: 12

Pagination: 493-8

Date Published: 1993 Dec

Publication Language: eng

ISSN: 0166-2236

Keywords: Animals, Biological Evolution, Hippocampus, History, 19th Century, Humans

Abstract:

In Victorian Britain a major debate over evolution raged between Thomas H. Huxley and Richard Owen. The central issue between them was whether or not the human brain was unique in having a hippocampus minor (also known as the calcar avis), a posterior horn and a posterior lobe.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7509517?dopt=Abstract

Alternate Journal: Trends Neurosci.

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