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Heinz Stephan
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Max-Planck-Institut für Hirnforschung, Frankfurt a.M. 71 (Niederrad), Federal Republic of Germany
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Georg Baron
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Départment de Sciences Biologiques, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
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Heiko D. Frahm
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Anatomisches Institut der Universität, Köln 41, Federal Republic of Germany
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This first volume in the series on "Comparative Brain Research in Mammals" deals with the brains of Insectivora. The importance of Insectivora lies above all in the fact that, (1) insectivore-like ancestors are regarded as the initial group for the evolution of higher mammals, and (2) the insectivore brains retained many conservative traits, though the animals have adapted to different living environments. Therefore, the study of Insectivora brains enables an insight into the size and composition of the brain structure of earlier ancestors of the higher mammals including primates and humans; in addition, it illumi nates the various evolutionary trends which made the successful adaptation to different biotopes possible. The alterations which the brain has experienced in the course of the phylo geny and the related adaptive radiation will be examined in the succeeding volumes on the brains of other Eutheria, e.g., bats (Volume 2) and primates (Volume 4). In Volume 3 the brains of marsupials will be compared with those of conservative and evolved Eutheria.
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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- Heinz Stephan, Georg Baron, Heiko D. Frahm
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- Heinz Stephan, Georg Baron, Heiko D. Frahm
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- Heinz Stephan, Georg Baron, Heiko D. Frahm
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- Heinz Stephan, Georg Baron, Heiko D. Frahm
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- Heinz Stephan, Georg Baron, Heiko D. Frahm
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- Heinz Stephan, Georg Baron, Heiko D. Frahm
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- Heinz Stephan, Georg Baron, Heiko D. Frahm
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- Heinz Stephan, Georg Baron, Heiko D. Frahm
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Back Matter
Pages 395-573
Authors and Affiliations
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Max-Planck-Institut für Hirnforschung, Frankfurt a.M. 71 (Niederrad), Federal Republic of Germany
Heinz Stephan
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Départment de Sciences Biologiques, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
Georg Baron
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Anatomisches Institut der Universität, Köln 41, Federal Republic of Germany
Heiko D. Frahm