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Sizing up human brain evolution

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  • Richard McElreath

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An innovative computational analysis of factors that might have influenced human brain evolution suggests that ecological, rather than social, factors had a key role in the evolution of large, rapidly developing brains.

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  • Richard McElreath, 2018. "Sizing up human brain evolution," Nature, Nature, vol. 557(7706), pages 496-497, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:557:y:2018:i:7706:d:10.1038_d41586-018-05197-8
    DOI: 10.1038/d41586-018-05197-8
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    1. Shannon P McPherron & Aylar Abdolahzadeh & Will Archer & Annie Chan & Igor Djakovic & Tamara Dogandžić & George M Leader & Li Li & Sam Lin & Matthew Magnani & Jonathan Reeves & Zeljko Rezek & Marcel W, 2020. "Introducing platform surface interior angle (PSIA) and its role in flake formation, size and shape," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(11), pages 1-18, November.

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    Anthropology; Evolution;

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