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 co-evolution of primate brain (neocortex) and sociality within a broader ecological and lifehistory framework. We show that body size, BMR and lifehistory a...
Main Authors: | Dunbar, R, Shultz, S |
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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Royal Society
2007
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