A Comparison of Encephalization between Odontocete Cetaceans and Anthropoid Primates

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 230-238

  Marino, Lori ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain evolution; Brain size; Cetaceans; Encephalization; Odontocetes; Primates

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOIDEA; CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; HOMO SAPIENS; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CETACEA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CETACEA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; ORGAN SIZE; PRIMATES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031634722     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000006540     Document Type: Article

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