Re: Big Brains
Herb Huston (huston@access2.digex.net)
26 Jan 1997 17:39:06 -0500
In article <32DB9D8B.3240@earthlink.net>,
Michael McBroom <michael@mcbrooms.com> wrote:
}You're probably referring to Dean Falk. She was the first, I believe,
}to propose the "radiator theory," and asserts that evidence of an
}expanded system of blood vessels in the brain is first observed in early
}Homo, but not in Australopithecus. It should be noted that hers is
}still a quite controversial view. I have only one cite to offer: "A
}good brain is hard to cool." _Natural History_ 102(8): 65.
There's also her book _Braindance_, published in 1992 by Holt. It's highly
readable.
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