InhaltsangabeINTRODUCTION.- EVOLUTION OF THE VERTEBRATE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND THE TELENCEPHALON.- ANIMAL PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS.- THE ORIGIN OF VERTEBRATES.- EVOLUTION OF THE TELENCEPHALON IN VERTEBRATES.- ORIGIN OF THE MAMMALIAN BRAIN.- THE FIRST MAMMALS.- ORIGINS OF THE MAMMALIAN NEOCORTEX: HYPOTHESES ON HOMOLOGY.- EMBRYOLOGICAL EVIDENCE.- THE OLFACTORY-HIPPOCAMPAL HYPOTHESIS.- ORIGIN OF NEOCORTICAL LAMINATION.- EXPANSION OF THE NEOCORTEX.- DISCUSSION.- AN OVERVIEW.- ISSUES WITH EVOLUTIONARY THEORY.- FINAL COMMENTS.- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.- REFERENCES.- SUBJECT INDEX

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