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Brains, Innovations and Evolution in Birds and Primates
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Several comparative research programs have focused on the cognitive, life history and ecological traits that account for variation in brain size. We review one of these programs, a program that uses the reported frequency of behavioral innovation as an operational measure of cognition. In both birds and primates, innovation rate is positively correlated with the relative size of association areas in the brain, the hyperstriatum ventrale and neostriatum in birds and the isocortex and striatum in primates. Innovation rate is also positively correlated with the taxonomic distribution of tool use, as well as interspecific differences in learning. Some features of cognition have thus evolved in a remarkably similar way in primates and at least six phyletically-independent avian lineages. In birds, innovation rate is associated with the ability of species to deal with seasonal changes in the environment and to establish themselves in new regions, and it also appears to be related to the rate at which lineages diversify. Innovation rate provides a useful tool to quantify inter-taxon differences in cognition and to test classic hypotheses regarding the evolution of the brain.
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“During the past decades, considerable progress has been made in explaining the evolution of the cerebral cortex in terms of physical and adaptive principles (see, e.g., Macphail and Bolhuis 2001 ; Hofman 2003 ; Lefebvre et al. 2004 ; Lefebvre 2012 ; Roth and Dicke 2005 , 2012 ).”
Behavioural innovation and cultural transmission of communication signal in black howler monkeys
Jaramillo, M. B., Estrada, A., & Lemasson, A. (2015) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/srep13400 · Cited by 13
The effect of body size evolution and ecology on encephalization in cave bears and extant relatives
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The 4 D’s of Pellagra and Progress
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Darwin and the ghost of Phineas Gage: Neuro-evolution and the social brain
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“Reader and Laland (2002) have also shown that, among primates, species differences in foraging innovations (and extinction risk) are correlated with neocortex volume, and similar findings have been reported for birds (Lefebvre et al., 2004; Sol et al., 2005a, 2005b; Shultz et al., 2005).”
The sexual selection of creativity: A nomological approach
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“This is the case with some primates, including Homo sapiens, and birds, like crows (Lefebvre et al., 2004; Sanz et al., 2009; Lefebvre, 2013; Bandini and Harrison, 2020).”
BackgroundOrbital dynamics, environmental heterogeneity, and the evolution of the human brain
Grove, M. L. (2012) · Intelligence · doi:10.1016/j.intell.2012.06.003 · Cited by 13
“For example , the innovative propensity found in large-brained birds and primates (Lefebvre et al., 1997, 2004; Reader & Laland, 2002) might be seen as a parallel of the fluid component of general intelligence defined by Cattell (1963b”
BackgroundImplicit learning in cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus) and pigeons (Columba livia)
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“Two subsequent series of studies using tamarins have extended this basic procedure (Locurto, Dillon, Collins, Conway, & Cunningham, 2013; Locurto et al., 2010). These studies revealed that, in the format of presenting elements in an A→ E pattern with reinforcement at the end of the chain, a visually based task in whic…”
MethodDoes artificial light pollution impair problem‐solving success in peafowl?
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“The size of the DVR appears to be larger in some avian species, such as crows and parrots (Iwaniuk & Hurd, 2005; Lefebvre et al., 2004), which may be related to their ability to exhibit complex behavior more frequently than other birds (Emery, 2006; Hunt, 1996; Pepperburg, 1999).”
Anthropogenic impacts on behavior: the pros and cons of plasticity
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Memory enhances problem solving in the fawn-footed mosaic-tailed rat Melomys cervinipes
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A Dual Role for Behavior in Evolution and Shaping Organismal Selective Environments
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Innovative problem-solving in a small, wild canid
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“2012) and primates (Day et al. 2003; Lefebvre et al. 2004), but also in carnivores (Benson-Amram and Holekamp 2012; Thornton and Samson 2012; Borrego and Gaines 2016; Johnson-Ulrich et al.”
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“Such modifications of brain structure have generally been related to broad patterns of evolutionary specialization within particular vertebrate groups, such as hippocampal size and spatial memory in food-storing birds, tectal size and visual acuity differences among avian species, and cortical regional size difference…”
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“…of brain evolution, and many previous studies have shown a significant correlation between the frequency of behavioral innovation and brain size in primates (Lefebvre et al., 2004, Lefebvre et al., 2013; Navarrete et al., 2016; Reader et al., 2011; Reader and Laland, 2001, Reader and Laland, 2002).”
Animal culture: But of which kind?
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Dopaminergic Modulation of Spiny Neurons in the Turtle Striatum
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“2008) and not only cell assemblies acquired after procedural learning (Perkel and Farries 2000; Lefebvre et al. 2004).”
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“Behavioural innovation is thought to play an important role in enabling animals to cope with environmental change [2,4].”
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Octopus vulgaris Exhibits Interindividual Differences in Behavioural and Problem-Solving Performance
Dissegna, A., Borrelli, L., Ponte, G., Chiandetti, C., & Fiorito, G. (2023) · Biology · doi:10.3390/biology12121487 · Cited by 11
“Innovation—i.e., the ability to solve new problems or invent more efficient solutions to known problems—has driven the development of human civilization including technology; this ability is not unique to humans but is shared with birds and primates, e.g., [87,89].”
BackgroundInnovative Foraging Behavior of Urban Birds: Use of Insect Food Provided by Cars
Jokimäki, J., & Ramos-Chernenko, A. (2024) · Birds · doi:10.3390/birds5030032 · Cited by 10
“Because brain size is related to the innovativeness of species [59,61], we predicted that large-brained species would use insects smashed on cars more often than small-brained species.”
Background
Metadata
- Authors
- Lefebvre, L., Reader, S. M., & Sol, D.
- Affiliations
- McGill University (CA)
- Venue
- Brain, Behavior and Evolution
- Publisher
- S. Karger AG
- Published
- 2004
- Volume
- 63
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 233-246
- ISSN
- 0006-8977 (ISSN-L)
- 1421-9743
- OpenAlex
- W2112831044
- Cited by
- 666
- References
- 132
- Citations by year
- 2026: 15 · 2025: 22 · 2024: 22 · 2023: 28 · 2022: 35 · 2021: 57 · 2020: 28 · 2019: 26 · 2018: 38 · 2017: 41 · 2016: 57 · 2015: 35 · 2014: 31 · 2013: 24 · 2012: 43
- FWCI
- 3.06
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Brain Behavior and Evolution (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
- Keywords
- behavioral innovation, brain size, cognition, birds, primates, hyperstriatum ventrale, neostriatum, neocortex, striatum, tool use, learning, seasonal adaptation, range expansion, diversification rates, brain evolution, comparative cognition
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Birds, Brain, Biological Evolution, Primates
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