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Adaptation and the brain /

What role has natural selection played in shaping the structure and function of the vertebrate brain? This accessible book unravels the myriad adaptive explanations that have built up over decades, providing both a review and a critique of the work that has sought to explain which natural selection...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Healy, Sue (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Oxford series in ecology and evolution.
Subjects:
Brain > Evolution.
Vertebrates > Evolution.
Adaptation (Biology)
Natural selection.
Brain.
Evolution (Biology)
Adaptation, Biological
Brain
Biological Evolution
Vertébrés > Évolution.
Adaptation (Biologie)
Cerveau.
Évolution (Biologie)
brains.
evolution.
Cognitive Psychology & Cognition.
PSYCHOLOGY.
Physiological Psychology.
Ecology.
Life Sciences.
SCIENCE.
Zoology.
Brain > Evolution
Natural selection
Vertebrates > Evolution
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:What role has natural selection played in shaping the structure and function of the vertebrate brain? This accessible book unravels the myriad adaptive explanations that have built up over decades, providing both a review and a critique of the work that has sought to explain which natural selection pressures have led to changes in brain size.
Physical Description:1 online resource (162 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780192592330
0192592335
9780191886157
0191886157