Re: complexity

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In article <hubey.815985635@pegasus.montclair.edu> H. M. Hubey,
hubey@pegasus.montclair.edu writes:

>Yeah, right. Bacteria are :-).. OR is it banana trees??

I suspect most of us would not have a problem with the idea that humans
are behaviorally much more complex than other organisms. The problem
arises when you try to find biological correlates to behavioral
complexity. First off, we can't really quantify behavioral complexity,
and second, the one obvious potential correlate (relative brain size)
isn't well-understood.

Alex Duncan
Dept. of Anthropology
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX 78712-1086
512-471-4206
aduncan@mail.utexas.edu

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