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Encephalization quotient (EQ),
encephalization level (EL), or just
encephalization is a
relative brain size
measure that is
defined as the
ratio between...
- its
encephalization factor C. In the
essay "Bligh's Bounty",
Stephen Jay
Gould noted that if one
looks at
vertebrates with very low
encephalization quotient...
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frontal cortex.
During the next
million years a
process of
rapid encephalization occurred, and with the
arrival of Homo
erectus and Homo
ergaster in...
- 1136/bmj.302.6767.58. S2CID 36046030.
Tobias PV. Foreword: Evolution,
Encephalization, Environment. p. viii. in
Cunnane &
Stewart 2010, pp. vii–xii Tobias...
- size not much
larger than that of
modern non-human apes, with
lesser encephalization than in the
genus Homo.
Humans (genus Homo) may have
descended from...
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linked to
encephalization. As the jaw
changed and the
muscles become weaker, the
pressure on the
cranial sutures lowered, and
encephalization occurred...
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would be
expected from its body size is
known as the
encephalization quotient. The
encephalization quotient for
humans is
between 7.4-7.8. When the mammalian...
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actual brain size with the size
expected from
allometry provides an
encephalization quotient (EQ) that can be used as a more
accurate indicator of an animal's...
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considered to be
among the world's most
intelligent animals with an
encephalization quotient equal to that of many non-human primates. Medium-large species...
- by
getting caught in crab traps.
Common bottlenose dolphins have an
encephalization quotient of 5.26,
which is even
higher than chimpanzees. This more...
