cranial capacity
Head's inner space
Cranial capacity is the internal volume of the skull, measuring the space available for the brain.
Physical anthropologists use it to compare species and trace human evolution.
A larger cranial capacity generally correlates with larger brain size, though the relationship between brain size and intelligence is complex: Neanderthals had a cranial capacity slightly larger than modern humans.
- skullHead's bone casing
- skull shapeConfiguration of head bones
- cubic centimetersMetric volume measurement units
- brainSeat of cognition
- big brainHigh intelligence, colloquial
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