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From brains to bears. understanding brain size evolution: causes, costs and benefits
Developmental and energetic costs result in brains being expensive organs to grow and maintain, yet large brains have evolved in many mammalian species. The adaptive value of increased brain size has come under scrutiny over the past few decades and despite considerable research effort, much …
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Using multivariate calibration to evaluate hominin brain/body size relationships
… are highly encephalized, having relatively large brains despite our already large bodies. The current assumption is that brains and bodies have both increased in size during the course of human evolution but the rate, timing, and evolutionary relationship of the two are still unclear. This study …