Re:Proposed connection between intelligence and gestation time
by jdhzzz on Monday June 06, 2016 @12:23PM
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Were this valid I would expect marsupials to be smarter than humans based on ratio of birth size to adult size. Or is a pouch considered an exo-womb?
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Re:Proposed connection between intelligence and gestation time
by nicole_express on Monday June 06, 2016 @12:26PM
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My understanding is marsupials have the problem that when they're born they need to have a solid enough skull to grasp onto the teats in the pouch, which ends up limiting the potential final brain size the skull can grow to.