What can dolphins tell us about primate evolution?

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 81-86

  Marino, Lori ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain evolution; Brain size; Cetaceans; Encephalization quotients

Indexed keywords

ARTIODACTYLA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; MAMMALIA; PHOCOENIDAE; PRIMATES; UNGULATA;

EID: 0030299765     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6505(1996)5:3<81::AID-EVAN3>3.3.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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