Abstract
Humanity and human intelligence are considered to be derived from the large human brain; therefore brain size is regarded as a relevant and interesting parameter. This chapter covers brain size in an evolutionary perspective. Such a starting point of course has an inherent limitation: attention is only paid to overall brain size, and not to the size of brain subsystems. Nevertheless, overall brain size is an interesting parameter.
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van Dongen, P.A.M. (1998). Brain Size in Vertebrates. In: The Central Nervous System of Vertebrates. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18262-4_23
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