Primate brain evolution: Integrating comparative, neurophysiological, and ethological data

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 224-236

  Barton, Robert A ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allometry; Behavior; Neural systems; Neuron density

Indexed keywords

LEMUR; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 33846650608     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.20105     Document Type: Article

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