The Emergence of Modern Humans (Homo sapiens) 
.... Africa. The species, Homo habilis and Homo erectus were characterized by a bipedal gait and an increased
brain size. Eventually, members ....
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"Women's Brains," the essay by Stephen Jay Gould
.... This scientist, Manouvrier, "corrected for what he called 'sexual mass,'" and discovered that "women actually came out slightly ahead in
brain size" (Gould 227 ....
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Alzheimer's Disease and Cognition in the Elderly
.... Mori, Hirono, Yamashita, and Imamura (1997) reported that premorbid
brain size is a determinant of reserve capacity against cognitive decline in Alzheimer's ....
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Western Lowland Gorilla
.... mentioned above represents a different point on the same growth curve" [figure 7.13] (2). Martin and Armstrong's work with allometry of
brain size have lead ....
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Development of Human Life
.... A strict theory of the fully evolved Homo sapiens is based on strict anatomical criteria such as
brain size and cranial capacity (1,350 cubic centimeters ....
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Human Origins
.... A strict theory of the fully evolved «MDUL»Homo sapiens«MDNM» is based on strict anatomical criteria such as
brain size and cranial capacity (1,350 cubic ....
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Gender & Sexuality
.... Women may indeed be different from men, but this is not a result of
brain size and has nothing to say about the level of achievement women can reach. ....
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The Human Brain The human brain is physiologically a gland. T
....
Brain size is often purported to be of primary importance, however, most research centered in human evolution has discounted the notion that
size equates ....
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CO-EVOLUTION OF THE HUMAN BRAIN AND LANGUAGE
.... As a result of this adaptation, the ratio of
brain size to body
size in early hominids, which had been similar to other primates up to this point, began to ....
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Cognitive Impairment in the Elderly
.... spaces and neurofibrillary tangles develop within neurons Research has also indicated that attempts to find an association between
brain size or cell number ....
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The Dragon's of Eden (Carl Sagan)
.... shows that the evolution of mammals from reptiles over two hundred million years ago was accompanied by a major increase in relative
brain size and intelligence ....
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Effects of Child Abuse on the Brain
.... problems. Child abuse victims demonstrate a reduction in
size of the
brain area associated with learning and memory. Children with ....
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The BaMbuti People
.... At one time, it was believed that
brain size was the most important element, but this is no longer the case. It is now believed ....
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
.... example, such infants are almost always of a smaller
size and weight than normal infants at birth, and are found to have a smaller overall
brain size as well. ....
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Autism
.... Piven's group suggested three possible reasons for the increase in
brain size during development: more neuron growth, less neuron death, or more non-neuron ....
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Physiological Aspects of Autism
.... Piven's group suggested three possible reasons for the increase in
brain size during development: more neuron growth, less neuron death, or more non-neuron ....
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Brain Research and Early Life
In 1997, breakthrough
brain research demonstrated the importance of the first .... hypothesis that stimulation-seeking, fearlessness, and increased body
size at age ....
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Learning Gender Roles & Attitudes
.... Women may indeed be different from men, but this is not a result of
brain size and has nothing to say about the level of achievement women can reach. ....
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Expansion of the Genus Homo
.... by further enlargement of the
brain; in fact, with the appearance of the Neandertal variety of Homo sapiens 200,000 years ago,
brain size and organization had ....
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Dolphins
.... humans. It has been discovered that dolphins have a relatively large
brain size in proportion to the
size of their bodies. During ....
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The Neanderthal Man A number of questions have been raised as a ...
.... Roe emphasizes that the larger
brain size of the Neanderthals does not indicate that they were as highly developed as modern humans (9:59-61). ....
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Functions of Tissues of the Body
.... The
brain is affected structurally and functionally, and several studies have shown that the ventricles of the
brain increase in
size and the cortical mass ....
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Starvation and the Body
.... The
brain is affected structurally and functionally, and several studies have shown that the ventricles of the
brain increase in
size and the cortical mass ....
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Early Evolutionary History of Horses
.... Key Morphological Characters, Family Equidae Hyracotherium Eocene Increased ratio of
brain size to body
size and expanded neocortex. ....
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Senile Dementia
.... Alternatively, they could also investigate the different variables (eg, education, sex,
brain size, etc.) which might be associated with the development of ....
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Senile Dementia Senile Dementia
.... Alternatively, they could also investigate the different variables (eg, education, sex,
brain size, etc.) which might be associated with the development of ....
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Origin of Modern Man
.... of religion. These Neandertals were robust, with massive brow ridges, enlarged
brain size, and high foreheads. Their height was ....
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The Effects of Smoking
.... In particular, the reduced
brain size that we saw in smokers' babies could lead to impaired cognitive ability of the child" (Smoking during pregnancy, 2003). ....
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Effects of smoking tobacco
.... In particular, the reduced
brain size that we saw in smokers' babies could lead to impaired cognitive ability of the child" (Smoking during pregnancy, 2003). ....
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Edward Hallett Carr (1961)
.... out of favor. One such is craniometry, or the use of head- and
brain-
size measurements as a ranking principle. This "science" has ....
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