Brain Size Evolution is a theoretical construct in evolutionary neuroscience that specifies the diachronic increase or decrease in absolute or relative brain volume across taxa or lineages as a function of selective pressures, developmental constraints, and metabolic trade-offs inherent in cranial evolution.
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Neocortex size as a constraint on group size in primates
Robin Dunbar · Journal of Human Evolution · 1992 · 2.5K citations
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