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https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/1998| Title: | "As large as you need and as small as you can": Implications of the brain size of 'Homo floresiensis' | Contributor(s): | Davidson, Iain (author) |
Publication Date: | 2007 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/1998 | Abstract: | In this chapter I discuss the brain size of 'Homo floresiensis in light of the interpretation of changes in both quantities for other hominins from three million years ago to the present. Considering selection against both large brains and against small brains emphasises the likely role of cognition in the evolution of brain size. | Publication Type: | Book Chapter | Source of Publication: | Mental States: Volume 1: Evolution, function, nature, v.1, p. 35-42 | Publisher: | John Benjamins Publishing Company | Place of Publication: | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ISBN: | 9789027231024 | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 111714 Mental Health | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 920410 Mental Health | HERDC Category Description: | B1 Chapter in a Scholarly Book | Publisher/associated links: | http://books.google.com.au/books?id=YUMrT_Fnoo8C&lpg=PP1&pg=PA35 http://nla.gov.au/anbd.bib-an42712161 |
Series Name: | Studies in language companion series | Series Number : | 92 | Editor: | Editor(s): Andrea C. Schalley and Drew Khlentzos |
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