Sizing up human brain evolution

McElreath, Richard

doi:10.1038/d41586-018-05197-8

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Sizing up human brain evolution

McElreath, R. (2018). Sizing up human brain evolution. Nature, 557(7706), 496-497. doi:10.1038/d41586-018-05197-8.

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McElreath, Richard¹, Author

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1Department of Human Behavior Ecology and Culture, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig, DE, ou_2173689

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Abstract: An innovative computational analysis of factors that might have influenced human brain evolution suggests that ecological, rather than social, factors had a key role in the evolution of large, rapidly developing brains.

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Language(s): eng - English

Dates: Published Online: 2018-05-23Date issued: 2018-05-23

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Identifiers: DOI: 10.1038/d41586-018-05197-8

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Pages: - Volume / Issue: 557 (7706) Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 496 - 497 Identifier: -