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. 2009 Jul 20;20(3):730–742. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhp138

Table 7.

Rank ordered fold difference between brain structure volumes in humans and chimpanzees

Structure Human versus chimpanzee fold difference Data source
Brain 3.6 Chimpanzee (n = 12)—the present study; human (n = 10)—Uylings et al. (2006)
Neocortical gray 4.0 Chimpanzee (n = 6) and human (n = 6)—Rilling and Insel (1999)
Frontal cortex 4.6 Chimpanzee (n = 6) and human (n = 10)—Semendeferi et al. (2002)
Area 44 left 6.6 Chimpanzee (n = 12)—the present study; human (n = 10)—Uylings et al. (2006)
Area 10 right 6.3 Chimpanzee (n = 1) and human (n = 1)—Semendeferi et al. (2001)
Area 45 left 6.0 Chimpanzee (n = 12)—the present study; human (n = 10)—Uylings et al. (2006)
Area 45 right 5.0 Chimpanzee (n = 12)—the present study; human (n = 10)—Uylings et al. (2006)
Area 44 right 4.1 Chimpanzee (n = 12)—the present study; human (n = 10)—Uylings et al. (2006)
Area V1 left 1.8 Chimpanzee (n = 7) and human (n = 10)—de Sousa (2008)
Area 13 right 1.4 Chimpanzee (n = 1) and human (n = 1)—Semendeferi et al. (1998)

Note: All data are from either in vivo MRI or shrinkage-corrected measurements of histological sections.