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Largest Brain on planet, 30 lbs!
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Belongs to Sperm Whale
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Absolute Brain Weight – Does it reflect intelligence?
Species Adult Brain Weight (grams)
Chimpanzee 450
Human 1,350
Bottlenosed dolphin
1,600
African elephant
6,075
Fin whale 7,200
Sperm Whale
9,200
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Relative Brain WeightOf all animals, man has the largest brain
in proportion to his size” - Aristotle
Species Brain to Body Weight
Human 2.1 %
Bottlenosed dolphin 1.2 %
Chimpanzee 0.70 %
African elephant 0.50 %
Killer whale 0.10 %
Cow 0.08 %
Sperm Whale 0.02 %
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Encephalization: Increase in brain size during evolution of SPECIES, with no concomitant increase in body size
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Encephalization Quotient (EQ)
???????? 9.0
Human 7.4
Dolphin 5.6
Killer whale 2.9
Chimpanzee 2.5
Rhesus Monkey 2.1
Elephant 1.9
Whale 1.8
Dog 1.2
Cat 1.0
Horse 0.9
Sheep 0.8
Mouse 0.5
Rabbit 0.4
Anatomical estimate of species’ intelligence based on brain/body size and not behavior
EQ = ratio of brain weight of animal to brain weight of “typical” animal of same body weight
EQ represents residual value of brain mass
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Encephalization Quotient (EQ) 1 g brain for hummingbird
Hummingbird 9.0
Human 7.4
Dolphin 5.6
Killer whale 2.9
Chimpanzee 2.5
Rhesus Monkey 2.1
Elephant 1.9
Whale 1.8
Dog 1.2
Cat 1.0
Horse 0.9
Sheep 0.8
Mouse 0.5
Rabbit 0.4
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EQ through evolutionary time
• Are we evolving into smarter and smarter creatures? Or was humanity a fluke?
• In other words, was there a neural arms race in the past or an unusual mutation process in one line of primates?
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Evolution of behavioral complexity
Neural arms race in mammalian group only
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Four leaps in braininess
1. To Primate
2. To Australopithecus
3. To Hominid
4. To Homo sapiens
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Brainy Newcomers
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Convolution Index = wrinkliness
• BUT: Cortex width: human 2.9 mm, dolphin 1.7 mm and conversative (not progressive) organization
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Not a straight ascent to modern humans
• Coincided with unstable weather (4 ice ages)
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...And Then There Was One • Sixteen Species of
Extinct Humans • Ardipithecus ramidus
Australopithecus anamensisAustralopithecus afarensisAustralopithecus bahrelghazaliAustralopithecus aethiopicusParanthropus boiseiParanthropus robustusAustralopithecus africanusAustralopithecus garhiHomo rudolfensisHomo habilisHomo ergasterHomo erectusHomo antecessorHomo heidelbegensisHomo neanderthalensis
• Homo sapiens
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Sensory information is processed subcortically, and then first is processed cortically in primary modality areas
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Primary versus Association Cortex
BUT the dolphin brain is organized differently
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General Features of Encephalization
• Increase in absolute & especially relative brain size– Cortex enlarged compared to lower
structures• More brain tissue for sensory functions
compared to motor functions • Increase in Associative areas• Rise of importance of biophysical senses
compared to chemical senses
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Mammals: Smell, Sight, or Sound Brains
Number of olfactory receptor cells– Human 40 Million– Rabbit 100 M– Dog 1000 M
% volume Rat Human
Cortex 31 77
Midbrain 13 8
Brainstem 7 2
Cerebellum 10 10
Spinal cord 35 2
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Can human brain get any bigger?Perhaps, but need to consider speciation,
torque, and pelvic evolution.
Hominid Million yrs Weight (g)
Australopithecus 5.0 500
H habilis 2.5 725
H erectus 1.7 1000
H heidelbergensis 0.6 1200
H neanderthalensis 0.2 1500
H sapiens 0.2 1350