CZ:Ref:DOI:10.1073/pnas.0805417105

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Herculano-Houzel, S.; C.E. Collins & P. Wong et al. (2008), "The basic nonuniformity of the cerebral cortex", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105 (34): 12593-12598, DOI:10.1073/pnas.0805417105 [e]

Directly contradicts Rockel et al., 1980 by showing that the number of neurons per unit surface area of neocortex is not constant across mammals but instead varies about three-fold among primates.