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Brain evolution: A matter of constraints and permissions?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2001

Emmanuel Gilissen  and
Robert M.T. Simmons
Emmanuel Gilissen
Affiliation:
Department of Anatomical Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand Medical School, Wits 2050 Parktown 2193 Johannesburg, South Africa055ape@chiron.wits.ac.za055rsimm@chiron.wits.ac.za
Robert M.T. Simmons
Affiliation:
Department of Anatomical Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand Medical School, Wits 2050 Parktown 2193 Johannesburg, South Africa055ape@chiron.wits.ac.za055rsimm@chiron.wits.ac.za
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Abstract

The article of Finlay et al. is an excellent example of identifying constraints in the development of the brain, and their implications on brain architecture in evolution. Here we further illustrate the importance of constraints by presenting a few examples of how a small number of biophysical mechanisms or even a single life history parameter can have an enormous impact on brain evolution.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , April 2001 , pp. 284 - 286
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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