That was S. J. Gould’s model—in Life’s Grandeur. Assuming that a trait like brain size behaves as though it is a neutral trait seems pretty loopy, though. Now we have enormous data centres to explain, the “random drift” model is surely no longer worth entertaining.
That was S. J. Gould’s model—in Life’s Grandeur. Assuming that a trait like brain size behaves as though it is a neutral trait seems pretty loopy, though. Now we have enormous data centres to explain, the “random drift” model is surely no longer worth entertaining.