Your big brain makes you human – count your neurons when you count your blessings
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December 1, 2019
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Suzana Herculano-Houzel, Vanderbilt University
(THE CONVERSATION) Here's something new to consider being thankful for at the dinner table: the long evolutionary journey that gave you your big brain and your long life.
Courtesy of our primate ancestors that invented cooking over a million years ago, you are a member of the one species able to afford so many cortical neurons in its brain. With them come the extended childhood and the pushing century-long lifespan that together make h...
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