Absolute or proportional brain size: That is the question. A reply to Leigh's (2006) comments

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 109-113

  Hublin, J J ^a   Coqueugniot, H ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

Brain evolution; Brain growth; Cognition

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 30544437474     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2005.08.009     Document Type: Article

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