How Primate Brains Vary and Evolve

Studies of brain evolution tend to focus on differences across species rather than on variation within species. A new study measures and compares intraspecific variation in macaque and human brain anatomy to explore the effect that short-term diversity has on long-term evolution.

Bibliographic Details

Published in:	Trends in cognitive sciences 2018-03, Vol.22 (3), p.195-197
Main Author:	Gómez-Robles, Aida
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Animals Biological Evolution Brain endocast human evolution Humans intraspecific variation Macaca MRI neuroanatomy Primates
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