Recent studies on neural pathways in a broad spectrum of vertebrates suggest that, in
addition to migration and an increase in the number of certain select neurons, a significant …

How does evolution grow bigger brains? It has been widely assumed that growth of
individual structures and functional systems in response to niche-specific cognitive …

An emerging class of theories concerning the functional structure of the brain takes the
reuse of neural circuitry for various cognitive purposes to be a central organizational …

Brain evolution is a complex weave of species similarities and differences, bound by diverse
rules and principles. This book is a detailed examination of these principles, using data from …

Recently discovered neocortical equivalents in anamniotes and certain patterns of
interspecific variability in brain organization provide new insights into evolutionary and …

Kugler, PN; Kelso, JAS & Turvey, MT (1980) On the concept of eoordinative structures as
dissipative structures: I. Theoretical lines of convergence. In: Tutorials in motor behavior, ed …

A critical review of past and current theories of mammalian brain evolution is presented in
order to discuss conceptual problems that persist in the field. Problems with the concept of …

The fundamental tenet of contemporary sociobiology, namely the assumption of a single
process of evolution involving the selection of genes, is critically examined. An alternative …

The construction of any nervous system from that of the simplest invertebrate to that of the
most complex mammal requires the solution of several major problems. Neurons must be …

We review the evidence for the concept of the “initial” or prototype brain. We outline four
possible modes of brain evolution suggested by our new findings on the evolutionary status …