Adaptation and the Brain

ISBN: 9780199546756 出版年：2021 页码：171 Healy, Susan D Oxford University Press

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.