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Activity Number: 400 - Survival Analysis and Clinical Trials
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Tuesday, August 1, 2017 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor: Biometrics Section
Abstract #323544 View Presentation
Title: Why Humans Are So Dominant - Some Brain Studies
Author(s): Marepalli Rao*
Companies: University of Cincinnati
Keywords: Brain weight ; Body weight ; Sleep cycle ; Density of synapses ; Evolution ; Predation
Abstract:

As a young species, we have come a long way. We are the most dominant among the land animals. A number of data sets available in the literature will be presented and we will then explain how our brain weight is so central to our dominance. The ratio of the brain weight to some power of body weight is a good indicator for comparing species across. Other metrics will also be entertained.


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