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Neocortex Size Predicts Group Size in Carnivores and Some Insectivores

Dunbar, R. I. M., Bever, Julian·1998·Ethology
DOI 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1998.tb00103.x
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Neocortex size has been shown to correlate with group size in primates. Data for carnivores and insectivores are used to test the generality of this relationship. The data suggest that carnivores lie on the same grade as the primates, but that insectivores lie on a separate grade to the left of these two orders. Among the insectivores, there appears to be a distinction between the ‘advanced’ genera (which show a relationship between group size and neocortex size) and the ‘basal’ genera (which do not).

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Authors
Dunbar, R. I. M., & Bever, J.
Venue
Ethology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
1998-08
Volume
104
Issue
8
Pages
695-708
ISSN
  • 0179-1613 (ISSN-L)
  • 1439-0310
DOI
10.1111/j.1439-0310.1998.tb00103.x
OpenAlex
W2092355779
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185
References
1
FWCI
5.50
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Dunbar, R. I. M., & Bever, J. (1998). Neocortex Size Predicts Group Size in Carnivores and Some Insectivores. Ethology. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1998.tb00103.x

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