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An exploration of the social brain hypothesis in insects

The ‘social brain hypothesis’ posits that the cognitive demands of sociality have driven the evolution of substantially enlarged brains in primates and some other mammals. Whether such reasoning can apply to all social animals is an open question. Here we examine the evolutionary relationships betwe...

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Auteurs principaux: Mathieu eLihoreau, Tanya eLatty, Lars eChittka
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-11-01
Collection:Frontiers in Physiology
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Accès en ligne:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2012.00442/full
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