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Evolutionary anthropology

primate group size is limited by neocortex size.

In evolutionary anthropology, social brain hypothesis refers to primate group size is limited by neocortex size. This meaning comes from Dunbar (1992) in Journal of Human Evolution.[1]

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Dunbar, R. I. M. (1992). Neocortex size as a constraint on group size in primates. Journal of Human Evolution, 22(6), 469-493. https://doi.org/10.1016/0047-2484(92)90081-j

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