Dictionary of Human Evolution and Biology

Dictionary of Human Evolution and Biology

Radial Unit Model Of Cortical Evolution

Hypothesis that the cortical surface of the brain expands as a result of changes proliferating radial arrays of postmitotic neurons; the larger the number of columns, the larger the cortical surface.

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cortical evolution (See radial unit model of cortical evolution.)
referential model (of hominid evolution) (... behavioral evolution; see, for example, Jolly’s ...)
candelabra model (... model; aka the polyphyletic hypothesis ...)
unit of evolution (... deme is considered the unit of evolution. Cf. unit of selection.)
gynocentric models of evolution (... include woman the gatherer model. Cf. androcentric models of evolution.)