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Comparative Study
. 1980 Jul;77(7):4387-9.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.77.7.4387.

Brain size and ecology in small mammals and primates

P H Harvey, T H Clutton-Brock, G M Mace
Comparative Study

Brain size and ecology in small mammals and primates

P H Harvey et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1980 Jul.

Abstract

Comparisons of brain-body size relationships within small mammal and primate families reveal intergeneric differences related to diet and foraging strategy. These same associations between relative brain size and ecology are also evident among interfamily comparisons.

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