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Evolutionary anthropology

the framework that a large brain can evolve only if its energy cost is met by higher energy intake, lower spending elsewhere, or slower reproduction.

In evolutionary anthropology, expensive brain hypothesis refers to the framework that a large brain can evolve only if its energy cost is met by higher energy intake, lower spending elsewhere, or slower reproduction. This meaning comes from Isler (2009) in Journal of Human Evolution.[1]

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Isler, K., & van Schaik, C. P. (2009). The Expensive Brain: A framework for explaining evolutionary changes in brain size. Journal of Human Evolution, 57(4), 392-400. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.04.009

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