From Sedes Draconis The "Long-headed Hominids" - Class Mammalia
- Subclass Placentalia - Order Primates - Family Hominidae -
Subfamliy Dolicocephalinae Dolicocephalines are one of the two
subfamilies of Family Hominidae. Their name means "long-heads"
because their skulls are longer and narrower than those of the
other subfamily, the eurycephalines. The two subfamilies of
Hominidae represent two different strategies for dealing with
the expanded, extended development of the brain.
Dolicocephalines accommodate the extended brain growth by being
born at an very early stage of development compared to
eurycephalines. Dolicocephaline infants are born after a
comparatively short gestation period (about 200 days). At birth,
infants weigh just 1 or 2 kilograms (about 3-5% of adult
weight), with comparatively underdeveloped lungs, reflexes, and
immune systems. Most significantly dolicocephaline infants are
born with very soft, loose skulls that can accommodate a great
deal of continued brain growth after birth. The cra