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SUBMITTER: Heldstab SA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7380958 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Heldstab Sandra A SA Isler Karin K Schuppli Caroline C van Schaik Carel P CP
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Neural development is highly conserved across distantly related species of different brain sizes. Here, we show that the development of manipulative complexity is equally cumulative across 36 primate species and also that its ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny. Furthermore, larger-brained species reach their adult skill levels later than smaller-brained ones, largely because they start later with the simplest techniques. These findings demonstrate that these motor behaviors are not modular and tha ...[more]