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What determines evolutionary brain growth?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2001

Francisco Aboitiz
Francisco Aboitiz
Affiliation:
Morphology Program, ICBM, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Independencia 1027, Santiago, Chilefaboitiz@machi.med.uchile.cl
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Abstract

Finlay et al. address the importance of developmental constraints in brain size evolution. I discuss some aspects of this view such as the relation of brain size with processing capacity. In particular, I argue that in human evolution there must have been specific selection for increased processing capacity, and as a consequence for increased brain size.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , April 2001 , pp. 278 - 279
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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