title: Human exceptionalism.
abstract: How the unique capacities of human cognition arose in evolution is a question of enduring interest. The difficulty of finding the best allometric and developmental frame for brain evolution and growth, however, leads researchers to routinely identify predictable features of the human brain as exceptional.
authors.affiliation: Behavioral and Evolutionary Neuroscience Group, Department of Psychology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA. blf2@cornell.edu
authors.forename: Barbara L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Finlay
authors.forename: Alan D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Workman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans