From: Eugene Leitl (Eugene.Leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)
Date: Thu Jan 09 1997 - 01:28:02 MST
On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, Robin Hanson wrote:
>
> Maximum brain size has been increasing, just as maximum body size has
> been increasing. But I don't think there is any more evidence for a
> local tendency in brains than there is in bodies.
I think there is some evidence for "progress":
- animal cerebralization quotient has risen
- taxa longevity has risen, indicating risen adaptation to a broader range
of life habitats
> Robin D. Hanson hanson@hss.caltech.edu http://hss.caltech.edu/~hanson/
ciao,
'gene
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