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 …

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 …

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 …

The opposition set up between co-ordinated and mosaic brain evolution distracts from the
fact that the two go hand-in-hand. Here and elsewhere (Barton & Harvey 2000), I show that …

Studies of animal culture have not normally included a consideration of cetaceans.
However, with several long-term field studies now maturing, this situation should change …

Abstract of the original article: This paper presents a model for the nature and adaptive
significance of intelligence and language in early hominids based on comparative …

Abstracts The" radiator" theory of brain evolution is proposed to account for" mosaic
evolution" whereby brain size began to increase rapidly in the genus Homo well over a …

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 …

Abstracts This paper presents a model for the nature and adaptive significance of
intelligence and language in early hominids based on comparative developmental …

This target article presents a plausible evolutionary scenario for the emergence of the neural
preconditions for language in the hominid lineage. In pleistocene primate lineages there …