Possible involvement of sexual selection in neocortical evolution of monkeys and apes

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 95-99

  Sawaguchi, Toshiyuki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allometry; Anthropoids; Brain size; Neocortex; Sexual dimorphism; Sexual selection; Socionomic sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HAPLORHINI; HISTOLOGY; HOMINID; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HAPLORHINI; HOMINIDAE; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX RATIO; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; ANTHROPOIDEA;

EID: 0642272734     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000157236     Document Type: Article

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