Brain evolution: getting better all the time?
Recent studies on bats, goats and hominids suggest that some mammalian brains may have undergone dramatic evolutionary reductions in size. These studies emphasise the importance of selective pressures upon mammalian brain evolution and the need to integrate studies of neuroanatomy, neurophysiology and behaviour.
Niven
Jeremy E
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Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK.
D000220:Adaptation, Biological / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D004777:Environment; D006801:Humans; D008322:Mammals / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D009929:Organ Size / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny; D012641:Selection, Genetic