Brain size and evolution

The modern human brain is the largest and most complex of any living primate. As you will learn in this activity, it is also larger than the brains of our ancient human ancestors. What does brain size have to do with our biology?

How our species got smarter: through a rush of blood to the head

Brain size of human ancestors evolved gradually - UChicago Medicine

The evolution of modern human brain shape

Shrinking Brains - Are We Dumbing Down?

Primate brain size is predicted by diet but not sociality

Evolution of the brain and intelligence

Inference of ecological and social drivers of human brain-size

Study Settles Debate Over How Brain Size, Development Matters In

Cranial capacity and endocranial casts

Frontiers When and Why Did Human Brains Decrease in Size? A New

Brain size Human evolution, Prehistoric animals, Prehistoric man

Evolutionary history of hominin brain size and phylogenetic

Brain size and evolution

Brain size and evolution - human brain evolution