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Manipulation complexity in primates coevolved with brain size and terrestriality

Humans occupy by far the most complex foraging niche of all mammals, built around sophisticated technology, and at the same time exhibit unusually large brains. To examine the evolutionary processes underlying these features, we investigated how manipulation complexity is related to brain size, cogn...

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Autores principales: Heldstab, Sandra A., Kosonen, Zaida K., Koski, Sonja E., Burkart, Judith M., van Schaik, Carel P., Isler, Karin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4830942/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27075921
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep24528