The Expensive Brain¶

Isler, K., & van Schaik, C. P. (2009). The Expensive Brain: A Framework for Explaining Evolutionary Changes in Brain Size. Journal of Human Evolution, 392-400.

Type: Journal article
Intellectual base: Primary research
Year: 2009
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.04.009
Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.04.009

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Domain-specific¶

Expensive-Tissue Hypothesis
- Isler and van Schaik broadened the accounting to any combination of increased energy turnover or reduced allocation to digestion, locomotion, growth, or reproduction.

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