The gaze that grooms: Contribution of social factors to the evolution of primate eye morphology

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 157-165

  Kobayashi, Hiromi ^a   Hashiya, Kazuhide ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body size; Eye morphology; Grooming; Group size; Neocortex; Primates; Sclera; Social bond; Social factor

Indexed keywords

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EID: 79954634103     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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