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Brain scaling, behavioral ability, and humanevolution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2001

P. Thomas Schoenemann
P. Thomas Schoenemann
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104–6398 ptschoen@sas.upenn.edu http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~ptschoen
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Abstract

The existence of linked regularities in size among brain componentsacross species is, by itself, not a strong argument against theimportance of behavioral selection in brain evolution. A carefulconsideration of hominid brain evolution suggests that braincomponents can change their scaling relationships over time, andthat behavioral selection was likely crucial. The bestneuroanatomical index of a given behavioral ability can only bedetermined empirically, not through comparative analysis of brainanatomy alone.

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Brief Report
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , April 2001 , pp. 293 - 295
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© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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