Evolutionary modeling and correcting for observation error support a 3/5 brain-body allometry for primates

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 94, Issue , 2016, Pages 106-116

  Grabowski, Mark ^a,b,c   Voje, Kjetil L ^b   Hansen, Thomas F ^b  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain size evolution; Encephalization quotient; Human evolution; Macroevolution; Phylogenetic comparative methods; Primate evolution

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY SIZE; BRAIN; FOSSIL; HUMAN EVOLUTION; MODELING; PHYLOGENETICS; PRIMATE;

MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; BRAIN; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ORGAN SIZE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; BRAIN; FOSSILS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SIZE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATES;

EID: 84963567684     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2016.03.001     Document Type: Article

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