Evolution of the Brain and Intelligence

Evolution of the Brain and Intelligence covers the general principles of behavior and brain function. The book is divided into four parts encompassing 17 chapters that emphasize the implications of the history of the brain for the evolution of behavior in vertebrates. The introductory chapter covers the studies of animal behavior and their implications about the nature of the animal's world. The following chapters emphasize methodological issues and the meanings of brain indices and brain size, as well as the general anatomy of the brain. Other chapters discuss the history of the brain in the major vertebrate groups that were known about 300 million years ago to determine the fate of these early vertebrate groups. Discussions on broad trends in evolution and their implications for the evolution of intelligence are also included. Substantive matter on the brains, bodies, and associated mechanisms of behavior of vertebrates are covered in the remaining chapters of the book, with an emphasis on evolution “above the species level”. This book is of value to anthropologists, behavioral scientists, zoologists, paleontologists, and neurosciences students. Content: Inside Front Cover , Page ii Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv Dedication , Page v Preface , Pages xi-xii Acknowledgments , Pages xiii-xiv Introduction to The Approach , Pages 1-2 Chapter 1 - Brain, Behavior, and the Evolution of Mind , Pages 3-25 Chapter 2 - Evidence, Background, and Methods , Pages 26-54 Chapter 3 - Gross Brain Indices and the Meaning of Brain Size , Pages 55-81 Chapter 4 - Beginnings: Habits and Brains , Pages 82-95 Introduction to The Basic Vertebrate Radiation , Page 97 Chapter 5 - The Lower Vertebrates: Fish , Pages 99-123 Chapter 6 - Invasion of the Land: The First Tetrapods , Pages 124-136 Chapter 7 - The Radiation of the Reptiles , Pages 137-155 Chapter 8 - Flying Reptiles and Aerial Niches , Pages 156-172 Introduction to Brain Enlargement and the Basic Vertebrate Radiation , Pages 173-175 Chapter 9 - Evolution of the Brain in Birds , Pages 177-199 Chapter 10 - Mammalian Brains for Mesozoic Niches , Pages 200-224 Chapter 11 - Archaic Tertiary Mammals and Their Brains , Pages 225-255 Chapter 12 - Basic Selection Pressures for Enlarged Brains , Pages 256-281 Introduction to Progressive Evolution of the Brain , Pages 283-285 Chapter 13 - Progressive Tertiary Evolution: Ungulates and Carnivores , Pages 287-319 Chapter 14 - Neotropical Herbivores: An Evolutionary Experiment , Pages 320-339 Chapter 15 - Special Topics , Pages 340-362 Chapter 16 - The Primates and Man , Pages 363-405 Chapter 17 - The Significance of the Progressive Enlargement of the Brain , Pages 406-433 Bibliography , Pages 435-456 Appendix I - Wirz's Analysis of Relative Size of Parts of the Brain , Pages 457-461 Appendix II - Statistical Tests on Mammalian Data , Pages 462-465 Appendix III - Foramen Magnum, the Size Factor, and Brain Size , Pages 466-469 Index , Pages 471-482