Understanding primate brain evolution

We present a detailed reanalysis of the comparative brain data for primates, and develop a model using path analysis that seeks to present the coevolution of primate brain (neocortex) and sociality within a broader ecological and life-history framework. We show that body size, basal metabolic rate a...

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Published in:Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological sciences 2007-04, Vol.362 (1480), p.649-658
Main Authors: Dunbar, R.I.M, Shultz, Susanne
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal social behavior
Animals
Biological Evolution
Brain Evolution
Diet
Ecological genetics
Ecological life histories
Ecological modeling
Evolution
Group size
Life History
Models, Biological
Neocortex
Neocortex - anatomy & histology
Neocortex - physiology
Organ Size
Primate
Primates
Social Behavior
Social Brain Hypothesis
Sociality
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