PSY362H5 Study Guide - Recapitulation Theory, Ontogeny, Brain Size
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It is perhaps not fair to compare humans to animals because they have a niche that they adapted to. There are species of animals that can do things that we can"t do and vice versa. First modern scientist to say that we should look at behavior: darwin. We lose the tail as we have adapted to a non aquatic environment ontological development. In what niche does that organism live in: talked about bats live in caves. Elephants have the longest gestation period 2 years. We have to learn a lot of things. Clearly, our brains are bigger than the brains of birds. We don"t have the biggest brain in the animal kingdom. The biggest one is whales blue whales and humpback whales. Their brain control behavior and movement and therefore they need bigger brains. The percentage of the body that takes up brain size.