Antoine Balzeau
Biographic Data
| ID | 79877 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Antoine Balzeau |
| GIVEN NAMES | Antoine |
| FAMILY NAME | Balzeau |
| SIGNATURE | BALZEAU A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Royal Museum for Central Africa |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4226-611X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 77 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 353 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 77 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 12 |
Contextualising the La Ferrassie 1 Homo neanderthalensis skeleton through palaeoproteomic analysis and radiocarbon dating
The La Ferrassie site, a reference locality for Neandertal paleobiology and Middle-to-Upper Paleolithic transition, has yielded numerous hominin remains over more than a century of excavations. Among them, the La Ferrassie 1 (LF1) skeleton, discovered in 1909, is one of the most complete individuals attributed to Homo neanderthalensis . Nevertheless, its precise stratigraphic context and chronological attribution remain uncertain due to outdated …
Assessing inter-observer reliability to support availability of osteometric measurement data from the Olivier collection
Le domaine de l’anthropométrie joue un rôle crucial dans le développement de méthodes permettant de reconstituer le profil biologique des restes squelettiques. Il est donc essentiel de garantir la précision et la fiabilité des données ostéométriques pour la validation méthodologique. Cette étude évalue la répétabilité et la fiabilité inter-observateurs des mesures squelettiques recueillies pour la publication de la collection Olivier. Quatre obse…
Cranial morphological analysis and foramina of the skull base in a cohort of 75 patients with Moyamoya disease. A comparative study with fossil populations of Homo sapiens scanned from different regio…
Cranial morphological analysis and foramina of the skull base in a cohort of 75 patients with Moyamoya disease.A comparative study with fossil populations of Homo sapiens scanned from different regions Analyse de la morphologie crânienne et des foramens de la base du crâne sur une cohorte de 75 patients souffrant de la maladie de Moyamoya.
Genomic analyses of modern Central and Southeast Asian populations reveal the presence of multiple Denisovan populations
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La lignée humaine: Une Histoire Buissonnante
Combining geometric morphometrics and phylogenetic comparative methods: A New Approach to Decipher Evolutionary Trends in Human Evolution
human evolution Combiner la morphomtrie gomtrique et les mthodes comparatives en phylognie : une nouvelle approche pour dceler des tendances volutionnaires dans l'volution humaine
Évolution du cerveau et Hominines: Caractérisation De La Correspondance Entre Les Sillons Cérébraux Et Les Empreintes Endocrâniennes
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The diploic venous system of extant chimpanzees and gorillas
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Ressusciter le cerveau d'Homo erectus et des Néandertaliens - PaleoBRAIN
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Interaction entre arts et sciences: Au Service De La Médiation Scientifique
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Révision anatomique du crâne d'hominine de Florisbad: Analyse De Ses Caractéristiques Internes Et Observations Sur Ses Supposées Pathologies
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Comparaison de techniques automatiques pour l'évaluation du torque du cerveau et de l'endocrâne
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Automatic skull segmentation of MRI volume, a deep learning model trained on synthetic data
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New results on implementation of neuroscience methods in the study of bear brain
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À la recherche des particularités du cerveau d'Homo neanderthalensis et d'Homo sapiens
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Application of neuroscience methods to the comparison of the link between brain and endocranium in Ursidae
The study of the brain morphology combined with different methods derived from the neuroscientific field, provides unique information about comparative anatomy, function, taxonomy and phylogeny, among others. In the fossil record, the soft tissues are not preserved, so virtual models obtained from the imprints left by the brain on the intracranial surface, called endocast, are the key to study the brain. Recent studies have tested in humans if th…
A new site with Neandertal lineage fossil remains: The Sima I of the Polvorín cave (Karrantza, Biscay, Northern Iberian Peninsula)
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Étude des liens entre la latéralité et la dextérité chez les humains dans une perspective de mieux comprendre l'évolution de la dextérité humaine
Homo sapiens possède un système unique de répartition des capacités cognitives et des comportements entre chaque hémisphère cérébral. Cette spécialisation hémisphérique aurait évolué chez les hominines accompagnée de l’émergence de la préférence manuelle, de l’utilisation et la fabrication d’outils, ainsi que du langage. Des études précédentes ont permis de mieux comprendre la spécialisation hémisphérique, par exemple, liée au langage et à la pré…
Les sinus frontaux au cours de l'évolution humaine
Les sinus frontaux sont des cavités qui se situent à l’intérieur de l’os frontal, à la jonction entre le visage et la voûte crânienne, et à proximité du cerveau. Nous proposons l’étude la plus complète jamais réalisée de ces sinus, grâce à une méthodologie facile à mettre en œuvre et reproductible. La taille des sinus frontaux est corrélée à la taille du crâne, et en lien avec celle des reliefs osseux situés au-dessus des orbites, chez les chimpa…
Comparative anatomy and diversity of the diploic venous system in the genus Homo
As a system highly involved in metabolism, the cranial vessels are directly related to the function of the brain, skull, and face. As such, they may present adaptative answers to various constraints all over human evolution. The enclosed space of the cranium lends an opportunity to trace the vessel imprints, especially the diploic venous system, of which the evolutionary trend and taxonomic significance are largely unexplored. However, inspecting…
Évolution du calvarium des hominines de la fin du Pléistocène moyen à l'apparition d'Homo sapiens: Étude De Morphométrie Géométrique
Le Pléistocène moyen voit l’émergence de nouvelles espèces et populations d’hominines : Homo sapiens en Afrique et les néandertaliens et les dénisoviens en Eurasie, dont l’ancêtre commun le plus récent aurait vécu en Afrique il y a environ 600 ka. Les hominines de cette période présentent une importante variabilité morphologique qui rend difficile leur attribution taxonomique et la détermination de leur position phylogénétique. Les processus évol…
Description de la relation entre structure cérébrale et empreintes visibles sur les endocrânes chez l'humain actuel
L’étude du cerveau des humains préhistoriques est complexe étant donné que le cerveau ne se fossilise pas. Néanmoins, le cerveau laisse des empreintes superficielles sur la surface interne du crâne, appelée endocrâne. La relation de proximité entre le cerveau et l’endocrâne fait de ce dernier un modèle pour inférer la forme et la structure du cerveau des hominines fossiles. Cependant, les liens potentiels entre le cerveau et l’endocrâne ne sont p…
Excessive asymmetry of the human endocast in the context of evolutionary changes in hominids
Human brain (especially the posterior part of the perisylvian region) reveals higher level of asymmetry than the brain in non-human primates and is likely to favour the appearance of specialized cognitive abilities in humans. Nevertheless, the factors leading to the appearance of pronounced brain asymmetry in the genus Homo and different brain structures among hominids are still unclear. The new END-ASYM project will investigate whether the cause…
Comparative study of manual identification of brain foldings in a living human brain using a proxy-endocast obtained from MRI
The use of virtual endocasts allows investigation of the folding configurations of the cerebral cortex of extinct species. However, is that really possible? Our goal is to help answer this question by qualifying and quantifying the subjective identifications of the foldings on endocasts compared to their real configurations on the brain. We invited 14 paleoneurologists to manually reconstruct the foldings they could recognize in a proxy-endocast …
Variation des sinus frontaux sur de larges échantillons chez les espèces actuelles des genres Pan, Gorilla et Homo
La pneumatisation de l’os frontal n’est pas ubiquiste chez tous les primates. Parmi les espèces actuelles, les sinus frontaux d’origine éthmoïdale ne sont présents que dans les genres Pan, Gorilla et chez Homo sapiens. Une méthodologie simple et reproductible permet la première grande étude de la forme, la taille et la variation bilatérale des sinus sur de grands échantillons de Pan paniscus, Pan troglodytes, Gorilla gorilla et de plusieurs popul…
Internal cranial features of the Mojokerto child fossil (East Java, Indonesia)
Is the suprainiac fossa a Neandertal autapomorphy? A complementary external and internal investigation
La Ferrassie 8 Neandertal child reloaded: New remains and re-assessment of the original collection
First description of the Cro-Magnon 1 endocast and study of brain variation and evolution in anatomically modern Homo sapiens
La paléoneurologie est un champ de recherche important dans le cadre des études sur l’évolution humaine. Les variations de taille et de forme de l’endocrâne sont en effet utiles pour différencier les différentes espèces d’homininés, alors que les asymétries cérébrales sont reliées au comportement et aux capacités cognitives. Pourtant, notre connaissance de l’évolution et de la variation du cerveau d’Homo sapiens, depuis l’apparition de notre espè…
Are thickened cranial bones and equal participation of the three structural bone layers autapomorphic traits of Homo erectus
Numerous studies have proposed different lists of morphological features to define the species of Homo erectus; among these, some are considered to be autapomorphic. The intention of this study is to discuss two of these possible autapomorphic traits: thickened cranial bones and equal participation of the three structural bone layers (inner and outer tables, diploe) in this thickening. This study brings new information concerning cranial vault th…
Where are inion and endinion? Variations of the exo- and endocranial morphology of the occipital bone during hominin evolution
Variations and asymmetries in regional brain surface in the genus Homo
Variation and modalities of growth and development of the temporal bone pneumatization in Neandertals
Endocranial shape asymmetries in Pan paniscus, Pan troglodytes and Gorilla gorilla assessed via skull based landmark analysis
Cranial base morphology and temporal bone pneumatization in Asian Homo erectus
La Ferrassie 1: New perspectives on a "classic" Neandertal
Thickened cranial vault and parasagittal keeling: Correlated traits and autapomorphies of Homo erectus
Homo erectus sensu lato (s.l.) is a key species in the hominin fossil record for the study of human evolution, being one of the first species discovered and perhaps the most documented, but also because of its long temporal range and having dispersed out of Africa earlier than any other human species. Here I test two proposed autapomorphic traits of H. erectus, namely the increased thickness of the upper cranial vault and parasagittal keeling. Th…
The Middle Pleistocene hominin mandible from Payre (Ardèche, France)
The role of allometry and posture in the evolution of the hominin subaxial cervical spine
New information on the modifications of the neandertal suprainiac fossa during growth and development and on its etiology
The question of whether suprainiac depressions observed on Neandertals and in other human samples are homologous is widely discussed. Recently (Balzeau and Rougier, 2010), we ascertained the autapomorphic status of the Neandertal suprainiac fossa as a depression showing specific external bone features together with a thinning of the diploic layer with no substantial remodeling nor variation in the external table thickness. A suprainiac fossa with…
Internal cranial anatomy of the type specimen of Pan paniscus and available data for study
La morphologie externe et interne de la région supra-orbitaire est-elle corrélée à des contraintes biomécaniques ? Analyses structurales des populations d'Homo sapiens d'Afalou Bou Rhummel (Algérie) e…
The purpose of this study was to analyse and compare the external morphology of the supraorbital and maxillary regions as well as the variability of frontal pneumatisation in a sample of anatomically modern humans of the upper Palaeolithic of Afalou Bou Rhummel (Algeria) and Taforalt (Morocco), who underwent extraction of upper incisors. The results of the study show that the consequences of such mutilations are limited to the premaxilla and have…
Isolated teeth from La Ferrassie: Reassessment of the old collections, new remains, and their implications
Based on the previously known fossil samples and the new teeth reported here, there are currently a minimum of four adult and five immature Neandertal individuals coming from the "Grand Abri" and a minimum of two modern human adult individuals: one from "Grand Abri" and one from "Grotte." It is noteworthy that the spatial distribution of the recovered Neandertal remains is not restricted to the area where the LF1-LF 8 were found but now covers th…
The human remains from Axlor (Dima, Biscay, northern Iberian Peninsula)
A left parietal fragment (Level VIII) from a single probably adult Neandertal individual was recovered during the old excavations performed by Barandiarán. Additionally, two different Neandertal children lost deciduous teeth during the formations of levels V (left di 1 ) and IV (right dm 2 ). In addition, a modern human individual is represented by five remains (two currently lost) from a complex stratigraphic setting. Some of the morphological f…
What do cranial bones of LB1 tell us about Homo floresiensis
Variations in size, shape and asymmetries of the third frontal convolution in hominids: Paleoneurological implications for hominin evolution and the origin of language
Que reste-t-il des Hommes de Cro-Magnon 150 ans après leur découverte
La découverte de fossiles humains à Cro-Magnon (Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil, Dordogne, France) a chamboulé les disciplines scientifiques naissantes qu'étaient alors l'anthropologie biologique et la préhistoire. Sont présentés dans cet article quelques aspects de ce bouleversement et l'importance, pour la communauté scientifique actuelle, des vestiges humains de Cro-Magnon 150 ans après leur mise au jour
Brain, calvarium, cladistics: A new approach to an old question, who are modern humans and Neandertals
Structures internes claviculaires chez Pan, Gorilla et Homo. Méthode d’analyse et résultats préliminaires
Ce travail présente les résultats préliminaires d’une étude sur les structures claviculaires internes, par l’intermédiaire du scanner à rayon X. La morphologie complexe de cet os rend impossible la détermination d’un plan de coupe similaire et reproductible d’un individu à l’autre et interdit ainsi toute analyse classique des données scanographiques bidimensionnelles. Nous proposons un protocole inédit permettant de quantifier de manière précise …
Frontal sinus variation in extant species of the genera Pan, Gorilla
Frontal pneumatisation is not present in all primates, and among extant species, ethmoidally-derived frontal sinuses are present only in the genera Pan, Gorilla and Homo. A simple and repeatable method is described here to quantify variation in the shape, size and bilateral variation of the frontal sinuses. This has allowed the first large study of these variables, including analyses of large samples of P. paniscus, P. troglodytes, G. gorilla and…
Leblanc, A., 1999. Atlas of hearing and balance organs. A practical guide for otolaryngologists. (Atlas des organes de l’audition et de l’équilibre. Un guide pratique pour les otolaryngologues)
O’Higgins, P., Cohn, M.J., 2000. Development, Growth and Evolution. Implications for the study of the Hominid Skeleton. (Développement, Croissance et Évolution. Implications pour l’étude du squelette …
Structures internes claviculaires chez Pan, Gorilla et Homo. Méthode d’analyse et résultats préliminaires
Ce travail présente les résultats préliminaires d’une étude sur les structures claviculaires internes, par l’intermédiaire du scanner à rayon X. La morphologie complexe de cet os rend impossible la détermination d’un plan de coupe similaire et reproductible d’un individu à l’autre et interdit ainsi toute analyse classique des données scanographiques bidimensionnelles. Nous proposons un protocole inédit permettant de quantifier de manière précise …
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Internal cranial features of the Mojokerto child fossil (East Java, Indonesia)
La morphologie externe et interne de la région supra-orbitaire est-elle corrélée à des contraintes biomécaniques ? Analyses structurales des populations d'Homo sapiens d'Afalou Bou Rhummel (Algérie) e…
The purpose of this study was to analyse and compare the external morphology of the supraorbital and maxillary regions as well as the variability of frontal pneumatisation in a sample of anatomically modern humans of the upper Palaeolithic of Afalou Bou Rhummel (Algeria) and Taforalt (Morocco), who underwent extraction of upper incisors. The results of the study show that the consequences of such mutilations are limited to the premaxilla and have…
Cranial base morphology and temporal bone pneumatization in Asian Homo erectus
Are thickened cranial bones and equal participation of the three structural bone layers autapomorphic traits of Homo erectus
Numerous studies have proposed different lists of morphological features to define the species of Homo erectus; among these, some are considered to be autapomorphic. The intention of this study is to discuss two of these possible autapomorphic traits: thickened cranial bones and equal participation of the three structural bone layers (inner and outer tables, diploe) in this thickening. This study brings new information concerning cranial vault th…
Nouvelles données sur les caractéristiques morphologiques immatures du crâne chez les Homo erectus asiatiques
It is critical to be able to recognize the juvenile specimens within the fossil record in order to determine the adult variability of the different taxa and to approach their ontogenetic and phylogenetic characteristics. Nevertheless, with regard to the Asian fossils assigned to Homo erectus, few cranial remains of juvenile individuals have been unearthed. Furthermore, these individuals are spread over a large chronological duration. Our purpose …
Variation and modalities of growth and development of the temporal bone pneumatization in Neandertals
Internal cranial anatomy of the type specimen of Pan paniscus and available data for study
Endocranial shape asymmetries in Pan paniscus, Pan troglodytes and Gorilla gorilla assessed via skull based landmark analysis
Is the suprainiac fossa a Neandertal autapomorphy? A complementary external and internal investigation
Like I need a hole in the head: Supernumerary external auditory meatus in a Carthaginian cranium
Cranial anomalies vary in degree of expression. Although some are nominal i.e. slight in expression, other anomalies are quite striking in appearance. Such is the case in a cranium recovered from the archaeological site of Carthage in Tunisia. Based on observations during ongoing research by the second author, this specimen was seen to exhibit a twinned right external auditory meatus. Possible explanations for the presence of this anomaly are exp…
Brief communication: A cranial morphometric assessment of the taxonomic affinities of Trachypithecus auratus (E. Geoffroy, 1812 primates: Colobinae) with a reassessment of the T. auratus type specimen
The debate over the taxonomic position and affinities of Trachypithecus auratus has been ongoing since its identification by E. Geoffroy Saint‐Hilaire in 1812. The type specimen of this species is housed in Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in Paris (MNHN‐ZM 2005‐912). This point is debated due to the complex and fluctuating taxonomy of Southeast Asian Colobinae (Brandon‐Jones et al.: Int J Primatol 25 (2004) 97‐164) and to the fact that this …
Where are inion and endinion? Variations of the exo- and endocranial morphology of the occipital bone during hominin evolution
Variations and asymmetries in regional brain surface in the genus Homo
New information on the modifications of the neandertal suprainiac fossa during growth and development and on its etiology
The question of whether suprainiac depressions observed on Neandertals and in other human samples are homologous is widely discussed. Recently (Balzeau and Rougier, 2010), we ascertained the autapomorphic status of the Neandertal suprainiac fossa as a depression showing specific external bone features together with a thinning of the diploic layer with no substantial remodeling nor variation in the external table thickness. A suprainiac fossa with…
First description of the Cro-Magnon 1 endocast and study of brain variation and evolution in anatomically modern Homo sapiens
La paléoneurologie est un champ de recherche important dans le cadre des études sur l’évolution humaine. Les variations de taille et de forme de l’endocrâne sont en effet utiles pour différencier les différentes espèces d’homininés, alors que les asymétries cérébrales sont reliées au comportement et aux capacités cognitives. Pourtant, notre connaissance de l’évolution et de la variation du cerveau d’Homo sapiens, depuis l’apparition de notre espè…
Thickened cranial vault and parasagittal keeling: Correlated traits and autapomorphies of Homo erectus
Homo erectus sensu lato (s.l.) is a key species in the hominin fossil record for the study of human evolution, being one of the first species discovered and perhaps the most documented, but also because of its long temporal range and having dispersed out of Africa earlier than any other human species. Here I test two proposed autapomorphic traits of H. erectus, namely the increased thickness of the upper cranial vault and parasagittal keeling. Th…
Evidence supporting an intentional Neandertal burial at La Chapelle-aux-Saints
Significance For several decades, scholars have questioned the existence of burial in Western Europe prior to the arrival of Anatomically Modern Humans. Therefore, an approach combining a global field recovery and the reexamination of the previously discovered Neandertal remains has been undertaken in the site of La Chapelle-aux-Saints (France), where the hypothesis of a Neandertal burial was raised for the first time. This project has concluded …
Variations in size, shape and asymmetries of the third frontal convolution in hominids: Paleoneurological implications for hominin evolution and the origin of language
Asymmetry of the midfacial skeleton of eastern lowland gorillas (Gorilla beringei graueri) and potential association with frontal lobe asymmetries
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