Coevolution of relative brain size and life expectancy in parrots
S. Q. Smeele, D. A. Conde, A. Baudisch, S. Bruslund, A. Iwaniuk, J. Staerk, T. F. Wright, A. M. Young, M. B. McElreath, L. Aplin
This study finds a correlation between relative brain size and life expectancy in parrots, supporting the Cognitive Buffer Hypothesis over the Expensive Brain Hypothesis.
bioRxiv · Oct 28, 2021Evolutionary Biology