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- noun Increase in the ratio of brain mass to body mass during the evolution of a species or other taxonomic group. Higher degrees of encephalization are generally correlated with higher degrees of intelligence.
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- noun biology the amount of
brain mass exceeding that related to an animal's total body mass.
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Examples
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According to SETI researchers, they would assume a certain EQ (encephalization quotient – see the link I provided).
Bunny and a Book 2008
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No, in SETI minds aren't implied by signals; minds are implied by brains, which are implied by the encephalization quotients predicted by SETI researchers using evolutionary theory.
Bunny and a Book 2008
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May 23rd, 2008 at 10: 52 pm aiguy: No, in SETI minds aren't implied by signals; minds are implied by brains, which are implied by the encephalization quotients predicted by SETI researchers using evolutionary theory.
Bunny and a Book 2008
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No, in SETI minds aren't implied by signals; minds are implied by brains, which are implied by the encephalization quotients predicted by SETI researchers using evolutionary theory.
Bunny and a Book 2008
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This would imply that a high-quality diet is necessary for this encephalization, no matter what may be selecting for that encephalization.
Are we meat eaters or vegetarians? Part II | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009
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Gorilla has one of the lowest levels of encephalization of any haplorhine primate, and the much higher level of encephalization of all the australopithecines suggests a diet of significantly higher quality than that of this genus.
Are we meat eaters or vegetarians? Part II | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009
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The relationship between relative brain size and diet is often mentioned in the literature on primate encephalization and is generally explained in terms of the different degrees of intelligence needed to exploit various food resources.
Are we meat eaters or vegetarians? Part II | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009
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No matter what was selecting for encephalization, a relatively large brain could not be achieved without a correspondingly sic increase in dietary quality unless the metabolic rate was correspondingly increased.
Are we meat eaters or vegetarians? Part II | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009
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A high-quality diet relaxes the metabolic constraints on encephalization by permitting a relatively smaller gut, thereby reducing the considerable metabolic cost of this tissue.
Are we meat eaters or vegetarians? Part II | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009
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Other approaches to understand the costs of encephalization have generally failed because they have tended to look at the brain in isolation from other tissues.
Are we meat eaters or vegetarians? Part II | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009
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