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. 1980 Jul;77(7):4387–4389. doi: 10.1073/pnas.77.7.4387

Brain size and ecology in small mammals and primates.

P H Harvey, T H Clutton-Brock, G M Mace
PMCID: PMC349840  PMID: 6933492

Abstract

Comparisons of brain-body size relationships within small mammal and primate families reveal intergeneric differences related to diet and foraging strategy. These same associations between relative brain size and ecology are also evident among interfamily comparisons.

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