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Cortical Complexity In Cetacean Brains, Patrick R. Hof, Rebecca Chanis, Lori Marino
Cortical Complexity In Cetacean Brains, Patrick R. Hof, Rebecca Chanis, Lori Marino
Veterinary Science and Medicine Collection
Cetaceans (dolphins, whales, and porpoises) have a long, dramatically divergent evolutionary history compared with terrestrial mammals. Throughout their 55–60 million years of evolution, cetaceans acquired a compelling set of characteristics that include echolocation ability (in odontocetes), complex auditory and communicative capacities, and complex social organization. Moreover, although cetaceans have not shared a common ancestor with primates for over 90 million years, they possess a set of cognitive attributes that are strikingly convergent with those of many primates, including great apes and humans. In contrast, cetaceans have evolved a highly unusual combination of neurobiological features different from that of primates. As …
Big Brains Do Matter In New Environments, Lori Marino
Big Brains Do Matter In New Environments, Lori Marino
Evolutionary Biology Collection
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