Data from:
Deaner, R.O. and C.L. Nunn (1999). How quickly do brains catch up with bodies? A comparative method for detecting evolutionary lag. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London, Series B. 266: 687-694.

Table 1. Main data used in analyses.

Pairwise Contrast	CBOM	CBRM	CE	CGSZ	DD	Ref
Females
Colobus polykomos vs. C. guereza	0.029	0.053	-	0.046	0.1	1
Hylobates lar vs. H. agilis	0.003	0.041	-	-0.033	0.5	2
Papio anubis vs. P. ursinus	0.163	0.049	-	0.142	0.6	1
Ateles fusiceps vs. A. geoffroyi	0.012	0.024	-	-	0.7	3
Macaca mulatta vs. M. fascicularis	0.109	0.153	-	0.151	1.6	1
Otolemur crassicaudatus vs. Galagoides demidoff	0.879	0.463	d	0	1.9	1
Cercopithecus lhoesti vs. C. mona	0.274	0.134	-	-0.019	2.1	1*
Presbytis entellus vs. Nasalis larvatus	0.085	0.070	-	0.426	3.0	4
Cercopithecus mitis vs. C. ascanius	0.241	-0.039	-	-0.109	3.4	1*
Erythrocebus patas vs. Cercopithecus aethiops	0.285	0.228	-	0.065	3.5	1*
Callithrix jacchus vs. Cebuella pygmaea	0.347	0.277	-	0.016	3.9	3
Hylobates syndactylus vs. H. moloch	0.184	0.146	d	-	6.3	1
Manrillus sphinx vs. Cercocebus albigena	0.208	0.278	-	0.734	6.7	1
Homo sapiens vs. Pan troglodytes	0.130	0.531	o	-	7.0	1
Macaca nemestrina vs. Allenopithecus nigroviridus	0.201	0.185	-	-0.017	9.6	1
Cheirogaleus major vs. Microcebus murinus	0.964	0.597	-	-0.398	10.2	1
Nycticebus coucang vs. Loris tardigradus	0.387	0.183	d	-	12.0	1
Aloutta seniculus vs. Lagothrix lagotricha	0.137	-0.270	d	-0.615	13.7	3
Daubentonia madagascarensis vs. Avahi laniger	0.283	0.635	d	-0.222	14.0	1
Eulemur mongoz vs. Lemur catta	0.058	0.036	-	-0.716	14.0	1
Gorilla gorilla vs. Pongo pygmaeus	0.297	0.155	d	1.023	14.5	1
Cebus capucinus vs. C. apella	0.099	0.011	-	0.041	17.9	1
Varecia variegata vs. Lepilemur mustelinus	0.410	0.592	a	0.653	20.0	1
Aotus trivirgatus vs. Callicebus moloch	0.064	0.095	a	0	21.3	3
Colobus badius vs. Leontopithecus rosalia	1.325	0.804	d	0.827	39.9	1
Tarsius bancanus vs. T. syrichta	0.093	-0.125	-	-0.176	-	-
Indri indri vs. Propithecus verreauxi	0.293	0.156	d	-0.152	-	-
Saguinus oedipus vs. S. midas	0.109	-0.019	-	0.052	-	-
Saimiri oerstedi vs. S. sciureus	0.300	0.060	d	-0.144	-	-
Cercocebus galeritus vs. C. torquatus	0.049	-0.015	-	-0.156	-	-
Presbytis cristata vs. P. obscura	0.233	0.054	-	0.173	-	-
Males
Hylobates agilis vs. H. lar	0.022	-0.065	-	-0.033	0.5	2
Papio ursinus vs. P. cynocephalus	0.099	0.015	-	0.083	0.6	1
Ateles fusiceps vs. A. geoffroyi	0.067	0.020	-	-	0.7	3*
Macaca mulatta vs. M. fascicularis	0.164	0.137	-	0.151	1.6	1
Otolemur crassicaudatus vs. Galagoides demidoff	0.974	0.469	d	0	1.9	1
Macaca nemestrina vs. M. sinica	0.097	0.110	-	0.184	2.8	1
Cercopithecus lhoesti vs. C. aethiops	0.321	0.113	-	-0.371	3.0	1
Nasalis larvatus vs. Presbytis entellus	0.216	-0.018	-	-0.426	3.0	4
Callithrix jacchus vs. Cebuella pygmaea	0.449	0.277	-	0.016	3.9	3
Cercopithecus mitis vs. C. ascanius	0.246	0.064	-	-0.109	3.4	1*
Hylobates syndactylus vs. H. moloch	0.347	0.148	d	-	6.3	1
Mandrillus sphinx vs. Cercocebus albigena	0.511	0.199	-	0.734	6.7	1
Homo sapiens vs. Pan troglodytes	0.185	0.543	o	-	7.0	1
Papio hamadryas vs. Macaca nigra	0.342	0.217	d	0.266	9.3	1
Pygathrix nemaeus vs. Colobus badius	0.207	0.026	-	-0.605	9.3	1
Cheirogaleus major vs. Microcebus murinus	0.897	0.573	-	-0.398	10.2	1
Nycticebus coucang vs. Loris tardigradus	0.467	0.257	d	-	12.0	1
Aloutta seniculus vs. Lagothrix lagotricha	0.048	-0.313	d	-0.615	13.7	3
Gorilla gorilla vs. Pongo pygmaeus	0.209	0.076	d	1.023	14.5	1
Cebus capucinus vs. C. apella	0.145	0.024	-	0.041	17.9	1
Lepilemur mustelinus vs. Avahi laniger	0.035	-0.133	-	-0.319	18.6	1
Aotus trivirgatus vs. Calllicebus moloch	0.118	0.005	a	0	21.3	3
Pithecia monachus vs. Leontopithecus rosalia	0.511	0.418	-	-0.109	28.8	1
Varecia variegata vs. Perodicticus potto	0.498	0.343	a	0.732	39.6	1
Miopithecus talapoin vs. Tarsius bancanus	1.026	1.034	a d	1.666	49.6	1
Indri indri vs. Propithecus verreauxi	0.108	0.100	d	-0.166	-	-
Saguinus oedipus vs. S. midas	0.140	0.010	-	0.052	-	-
Saimiri oerstedi vs. S. sciureus	0.226	0.058	d	-0.144	-	-
Cercocebus galeritus vs. C. torquatus	0.246	0.052	-	-0.156	-	-
Eulemur macaco vs. E. fulvus	0.191	0.015	-	-0.066	-	-
Cercopithecus hamlyni vs. C. mona	0.054	0.018	-	-0.057	-	-
Presbytis cristata vs. P. obscura	0.166	0.059	-	0.173	-	-

(CBOM = contrast in body mass; CBRM = contrast in brain mass; CE = contrast in ecology; d = diet; a = activity timing; o = other; CGSZ = contrast in group size; DD = divergence date; Ref = divergence date reference; 1 = Purvis 1995; 2 = Groves 1993; 3 = Barroso et al. 1997; 4 = Delson 1994; * indicates date was spaced evenly along branch length. See text for details on species pairings, contrast calculations, date spacing, and definitions.)

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