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SUMMARY:Brains growing on the tree of life. A phylogenetic approach to bra
 in structure &amp\; function - Prof Dr Robert A. Barton\, Institute of Adv
 anced Study (Social Science &amp\; Health) &amp\;  Evolutionary Anthropolo
 gy Research Group\, Durham University
DTSTART:20161130T163000Z
DTEND:20161130T173000Z
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CONTACT:Ann Van Baelen
DESCRIPTION:Recent developments in comparative methods are providing unpre
 cedented insights into how traits evolved through time. I apply these meth
 ods to the mammalian brain\, with a particular focus on primates. The resu
 lts overturn many of the things we thought to be true about brain evolutio
 n\, providing a more complex and nuanced picture in which different kinds 
 of structural change occurred at different times in response to different 
 selection pressures. The complexity of the patterns of brain evolution giv
 e the lie to single-factor hypotheses and in particular undermine attempts
  to explain cognitive evolution as the product of selection on\n‘general
  intelligence’ and executive control. Instead\, the results suggest that
  the brains of different species support specialized forms of embodied cog
 nition closely associated with their sensory-motor adaptations.
LOCATION:BioAnth Lecture Theatre (Room 41)\, Division of Biological Anthro
 pology\, Pembroke Street\, Cambridge\, CB2 3QG
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