Table 7.
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.