Figure 2
From: Neanderthal-Derived Genetic Variation Shapes Modern Human Cranium and Brain
NeanderScore related brain changes in the intraparietal sulcus. Structural variation of the intraparietal sulcus (IPS) related to percentage of Neanderthal-derived SNPs (NeanderScore). Left and middle show lateral and posterior views of the right IPS on the average brain surface, illustrating the anatomical convergence of the associations of NeanderScore with greater sulcal depth (orange; p < 0.05 FWE-corrected), gray matter volume (blue; p < 0.005), and white matter volume (yellow; p < 0.005). Right shows a coronal slice (y = −72 mm) through the IPS where there was a sulcal depth difference of 4 mm between the 30 individuals with highest (blue line) and lowest (red line) NeanderScore. Findings are depicted on the average brain of all 221 individuals included in the study and underlie the maximal skull findings shown in Fig. 1 (arrows).
