Sentences with phrase «primate cognitive evolution»
Research Interests I am interested in how sexual selection has shaped primate cognitive evolution.
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However, all regions of the human brain have molecular signatures very similar to those of our primate relatives, yet some regions contain distinctly human patterns of gene activity that mark the brain's evolution and may contribute to our cognitive abilities, a new Yale - led study has found.
The social brain hypothesis posits that social complexity is the primary driver of primate cognitive complexity, and that social pressures ultimately led to the evolution of the large human brain.