Quantitative Analysis of Evolution of the Brain in Mammals
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TL;DR
Empirical equations derived from brain size and body size of archaic-Eocene, Oligocene, and Recent mammals were all of the form, E = kP2/3; k, which has been used as an index of cephalization in contemporary mammals, may be an appropriate measure of brain evolution in the mammals as a class.
Abstract
Empirical equations derived from brain size (E) and body size (P) of archaic-Eocene, Oligocene, and Recent mammals were all of the form, E = kP(2/3); k = 0.03 for the Eocene, 0.06 for the Oligocene, and 0.12 for the Recent groups. It is suggested that k, which has been used as an index of cephalization in contemporary mammals, may be an appropriate measure of brain evolution in the mammals as a class.