The Origin of War: The Evolution of a Male-coalitional Reproductive Strategy, Volume 2 |
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... brain twice as large as the same - sized ( and also sharing a common ancestor ) howler monkeys ( Alouatta palliata ) , who consume large quantities of leaves . As the brain is an expensive organ to maintain , usurping a disproportionate ...
... brain twice as large as the same - sized ( and also sharing a common ancestor ) howler monkeys ( Alouatta palliata ) , who consume large quantities of leaves . As the brain is an expensive organ to maintain , usurping a disproportionate ...
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... brain is a nutritionally and metabolically costly organ ( Martin , 1983 ) . To justify the marginal cost of increasing its size , the marginal benefit must be correspondingly high . It may be that for brain expansion to pay off , it ...
... brain is a nutritionally and metabolically costly organ ( Martin , 1983 ) . To justify the marginal cost of increasing its size , the marginal benefit must be correspondingly high . It may be that for brain expansion to pay off , it ...
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... brain and as a result different processes than that would have led to rapid selection of cortical tissue . One such process could well have been a set of social skills supporting cooperation , even relatively bellicose cooperation ...
... brain and as a result different processes than that would have led to rapid selection of cortical tissue . One such process could well have been a set of social skills supporting cooperation , even relatively bellicose cooperation ...
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