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Evolution of the Brain and Intelligence

✍ Scribed by Harry Jerison (Auth.)


Publisher
Academic Press
Year
1973
Tongue
English
Leaves
483
Category
Library

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✦ Table of Contents


Content:
Inside Front Cover, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
Preface, Pages xi-xii
Acknowledgments, Pages xiii-xiv
Introduction to The Approach, Pages 1-2
Chapter 1 - Brain, Behavior, and the Evolution of Mind, Pages 3-25
Chapter 2 - Evidence, Background, and Methods, Pages 26-54
Chapter 3 - Gross Brain Indices and the Meaning of Brain Size, Pages 55-81
Chapter 4 - Beginnings: Habits and Brains, Pages 82-95
Introduction to The Basic Vertebrate Radiation, Page 97
Chapter 5 - The Lower Vertebrates: Fish, Pages 99-123
Chapter 6 - Invasion of the Land: The First Tetrapods, Pages 124-136
Chapter 7 - The Radiation of the Reptiles, Pages 137-155
Chapter 8 - Flying Reptiles and Aerial Niches, Pages 156-172
Introduction to Brain Enlargement and the Basic Vertebrate Radiation, Pages 173-175
Chapter 9 - Evolution of the Brain in Birds, Pages 177-199
Chapter 10 - Mammalian Brains for Mesozoic Niches, Pages 200-224
Chapter 11 - Archaic Tertiary Mammals and Their Brains, Pages 225-255
Chapter 12 - Basic Selection Pressures for Enlarged Brains, Pages 256-281
Introduction to Progressive Evolution of the Brain, Pages 283-285
Chapter 13 - Progressive Tertiary Evolution: Ungulates and Carnivores, Pages 287-319
Chapter 14 - Neotropical Herbivores: An Evolutionary Experiment, Pages 320-339
Chapter 15 - Special Topics, Pages 340-362
Chapter 16 - The Primates and Man, Pages 363-405
Chapter 17 - The Significance of the Progressive Enlargement of the Brain, Pages 406-433
Bibliography, Pages 435-456
Appendix I - Wirz's Analysis of Relative Size of Parts of the Brain, Pages 457-461
Appendix II - Statistical Tests on Mammalian Data, Pages 462-465
Appendix III - Foramen Magnum, the Size Factor, and Brain Size, Pages 466-469
Index, Pages 471-482


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