Extended parental provisioning and variation in vertebrate brain sizes.

Large brains provide adaptive cognitive benefits but require unusually high, near-constant energy inputs and become fully functional well after their growth is completed. Consequently, young of most larger-brained endotherms should not be able to independently support the growth and development of t...

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Main Authors: Carel P van Schaik, Zitan Song, Caroline Schuppli, Szymon M Drobniak, Sandra A Heldstab, Michael Griesser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-02-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002016