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Confusing size-correlated differences with phylogenetic “progression” in brain evolution

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Commentary onGlezerIlya I., JacobsMyron S., and MorganePeter J. (1988) Implications of the “initial brain” concept for brain evolution in Cetacea. BBS 11: 75–116.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2011

Terrence W. Deacon
Terrence W. Deacon
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Department of Anthropology, Division of Biological Anthropology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , March 1990 , pp. 185 - 187
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