Architectonics of the parietal and temporal association cortex in the strepsirhine primate Galago compared to the anthropoid primate Macaca

A number of higher order association areas have been described in the parietal and temporal cortex of large‐brained anthropoid primates such as Macaca. However, little is known about the evolution of these areas, and the existence of homologous areas has not yet been clearly demonstrated in other mammalian groups. We addressed this issue by comparing the myelo‐ and cytoarchitecture of posterior association cortex in the anthropoid Macaca to that of the small‐brained, strepsirhine (“prosimian”) primate Galag.