Overall brain size, and not encephalization quotient, best predicts cognitive ability across non-human primates RO Deaner, K Isler, J Burkart, C Van Schaik Brain, behavior and evolution 70 (2), 115-124, 2007 | 650 | 2007 |
Energetics and the evolution of human brain size A Navarrete, CP Van Schaik, K Isler Nature 480 (7375), 91-93, 2011 | 551 | 2011 |
The expensive brain: a framework for explaining evolutionary changes in brain size K Isler, CP van Schaik Journal of human evolution 57 (4), 392-400, 2009 | 482 | 2009 |
The evolutionary origin of human hyper-cooperation JM Burkart, O Allon, F Amici, C Fichtel, C Finkenwirth, A Heschl, J Huber, ... Nature communications 5 (1), 4747, 2014 | 469 | 2014 |
Metabolic costs of brain size evolution K Isler, CP Van Schaik Biology letters 2 (4), 557-560, 2006 | 378 | 2006 |
Endocranial volumes of primate species: scaling analyses using a comprehensive and reliable data set K Isler, EC Kirk, JMA Miller, GA Albrecht, BR Gelvin, RD Martin Journal of Human Evolution 55 (6), 967-978, 2008 | 313 | 2008 |
Costs of encephalization: the energy trade-off hypothesis tested on birds K Isler, C van Schaik Journal of Human Evolution 51 (3), 228-243, 2006 | 247 | 2006 |
Life history costs and benefits of encephalization: a comparative test using data from long-term studies of primates in the wild NL Barrickman, ML Bastian, K Isler, CP van Schaik Journal of human evolution 54 (5), 568-590, 2008 | 244 | 2008 |
Allomaternal care, life history and brain size evolution in mammals K Isler, CP van Schaik Journal of human evolution 63 (1), 52-63, 2012 | 228 | 2012 |
Comparing adult hippocampal neurogenesis in mammalian species and orders: influence of chronological age and life history stage I Amrein, K Isler, HP Lipp European Journal of Neuroscience 34 (6), 978-987, 2011 | 217 | 2011 |
Wild orangutan males plan and communicate their travel direction one day in advance CP van Schaik, L Damerius, K Isler PloS one 8 (9), e74896, 2013 | 175 | 2013 |
Re-evaluating the link between brain size and behavioural ecology in primates LE Powell, K Isler, RA Barton Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 284 (1865), 20171765, 2017 | 173 | 2017 |
Explaining brain size variation: from social to cultural brain CP Van Schaik, K Isler, JM Burkart Trends in cognitive sciences 16 (5), 277-284, 2012 | 173 | 2012 |
How Our Ancestors Broke through the Gray Ceiling: Comparative Evidence for Cooperative Breeding in Early Homo K Isler, CP Van Schaik Current Anthropology 53 (S6), S453-S465, 2012 | 170 | 2012 |
Morphological analysis of the hindlimb in apes and humans. I. Muscle architecture RC Payne, RH Crompton, K Isler, R Savage, EE Vereecke, MM Günther, ... Journal of anatomy 208 (6), 709-724, 2006 | 168 | 2006 |
Primate energy expenditure and life history H Pontzer, DA Raichlen, AD Gordon, KK Schroepfer-Walker, B Hare, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111 (4), 1433-1437, 2014 | 159 | 2014 |
3D‐kinematics of vertical climbing in hominoids K Isler American Journal of Physical Anthropology: The Official Publication of the …, 2005 | 154 | 2005 |
Why are there so few smart mammals (but so many smart birds)? K Isler, CP Van Schaik Biology Letters 5 (1), 125-129, 2009 | 152 | 2009 |
Large brains buffer energetic effects of seasonal habitats in catarrhine primates JT van Woerden, EP Willems, CP van Schaik, K Isler Evolution 66 (1), 191-199, 2012 | 134 | 2012 |
Manipulation complexity in primates coevolved with brain size and terrestriality SA Heldstab, ZK Kosonen, SE Koski, JM Burkart, CP van Schaik, K Isler Scientific reports 6 (1), 24528, 2016 | 113 | 2016 |