Male and female brain evolution is subject to contrasting selection pressures in primates.
The claim that differences in brain size across primate species has mainly been driven by the demands of sociality (the "social brain" hypothesis) is now widely accepted. Some of the evidence to support this comes from the fact that species that live in large social groups have larger brai...
Main Author: | Dunbar, R |
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2007
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