A new study involving 1,500 species shows that larger animals do not have proportionally bigger brains, challenging old views and introducing a curve model for brain-body size relationships, with significant findings in primates, rodents, and carnivores. Credit: SciTechDaily.com
Researchers have found that brain size does not increase proportionally with body size in larger animals, challenging longstanding beliefs.
The study, which analyzed data from 1,500