Darwin 200: Special Feature On Brain Evolution

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Article Date: 17 Dec 2008 - 3:00 PDT

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The Darwin 200 celebrations are currently underway. Biology letters is publishing an initial series of special features on evolution.

In this special feature on brain evolution, we showcase a number of different aspects of the study of brain evolution.

These include from similarities between nervous systems at the molecular level, hypotheses about the selective pressures that have acted on brains, as well as several other themes.

Royal Society journal Biology Letters

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