The effect of body size evolution and ecology on encephalization in cave bears and extant relatives
Abstract Background The evolution of larger brain volumes relative to body size in Mammalia is the subject of an extensive amount of research. Early on palaeontologists were interested in the brain of cave bears, Ursus spelaeus, and described its morphology and size. However, until now, it was not p...
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| Language: | English |
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2017-06-01
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| Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-017-0976-1 |