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The Social Brain: Mind, Language, and Society in Evolutionary Perspective.
Author(s)Dunbar, R. I. M.
AbstractThe social brain (or Machiavellian intelligence) hypothesis and the cognitive demands of living in complexly social groups are selected for increase in executive brain is reviewed. The results are related to the of social group size, language, and culture within the hominid lineages.
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Pages163-181
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SourceAnnual Review of Anthropology
VolumeNo32
PubDateAnnual 2003
ISBN_ISSN0084-6570
Browse Path(s)Anthropology
—-Language and Society
——–Language Evolution and Change


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