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Rob Barton

Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology, Durham Univwrsity

About Rob Barton

Evolutionary biologist/anthropologist interested in brains, behaviour and cognition, using phylogenetic comparative methods to study how these traits evolved. Developed and tested the 'Visual brain hypothesis' for primate brain size evolution. Currently interested in the underestimated role of the cerebellum in brain evolution and cognition, and in the role of sequences in cognitive and cultural evolution Also works on the evolutionary and cultural significance of the colour red.

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