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Comparing the Structure of Brains: Implications for Behavioral Homologies

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Intelligence and Evolutionary Biology

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Intelligence has often been considered a global attribute, and brain evolution theories such as encephalization inevitably consider it as being global, because their data are mainly quantitative (Jerison, 1985).

Dedicated to Professor Valdo Mazzi who inspired our comparative reflections.

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Fasolo, A., Malacarne, G. (1988). Comparing the Structure of Brains: Implications for Behavioral Homologies. In: Jerison, H.J., Jerison, I. (eds) Intelligence and Evolutionary Biology. NATO ASI Series, vol 17. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70877-0_8

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