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What determines evolutionary braingrowth?

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, Chile faboitiz@machi.med.uchile.cl
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Abstract

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

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

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