Principles of brain evolution

Part 1: Evolutionary Neuroscience: This Book's Scope And Ambition The Book's Scope and Major Themes Part 2: A Historyof Comparative Neurobiology The Birth of Comparative Neuroanatomy Darwin's Time: The Owen-Huxley Debate The Era of Comparative Cytoarchitectonics Comparative Hodology and Histochemistry The Rise of Neurocladistics The Rejuvenation of Comparative Neuroembryology Conclusions Part 3: Conservation In Vertebrate Brains A Who's Who of Vertebrates Comparing Adult Brains Adult Brain Regions Adult Cell Types Neuron-typical Molecules Comparing Embryonic Brains The Neuromeric Model Criticisms of the Neuromeric Model Mapping Embryos onto Adults Conclusion Part 4: Evolutionary Changes In Overall Brain Size Changes in Relative Brain Size Mechanisms of Brain-body Scaling Functional Correlates of Relative Brain Size Changes in Absolute Brain Size Constraints and Compromises Conclusions Part 5: Evolutionary Changes In Brain Region Size Concerted versus Mosaic Evolution Concerted Evolution Mosaic Evolution Toward a Synthesis Functional Correlates of Brain Region Size The Principle of Proper Mass Absolute Size and Functional Capacity Proportional Size and Influence Relative Size and Adaptation Synthesis: The Avian Hippocampus Conclusions Part 6: Evolutionary Changes In Brain Region Structure Homology and Novelty Phylogenetic Conversion: Lamination Phylogenetic Proliferation: Segregation Phylogenetic Proliferation: Addition Conclusions Part 7: Evolution Of Neuronal Connectivity Epigenetic Population Matching and Cascades The Parcellation Hypothesis Connectional invasion and Its Consequences General Principles of Network Design Synthesis and Conclusions Part 8: What's Special About Mammal Brains? Early Mammals and their Brains The Phylogenetic History of Neocortex Beyond the Neocortex Conclusion Part 9: What's Special About Human Brains? Primate Behavior and Overall Brain Size Evolutionary Changes in Primate Brain Organization Hominin Behavior and Overall Brain Size Evolutionary Changes in Hominin Brain Organization Conclusions Part 10: What's Special About Human Brains? Explanatory Strategies in Evolutionary Neuroscience Steps Toward Synthesis Absolute and Relative Brain Size Conclusion