Thursday, June 25, 2009
Questioning the link between brain size and sociality
Almost any lecture on brain evolution includes the assertion that larger brains evolved to serve communication demands of larger social groups. Finarelli and Flynn question this for the carnivores (cats, dogs, bears, weasels, and their relatives).
Blog Categories:
animal behavior,
evolution/debate,
social cognition
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