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Tuesday, 31 January 2023

Fossil teeth reveal how brains developed in utero over millions of years of human evolution – new research



https://theconversation.com/fossil-teeth-reveal-how-brains-developed-in-utero-over-millions-of-years-of-human-evolution-new-research-193167
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Sunday, 8 January 2023

T. Rex May Have Been Intimidatingly Clever With Baboon-Like Brain Capacity


https://www.iflscience.com/t-rex-may-have-been-intimidatingly-clever-with-baboon-like-brain-capacity-66965
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Eating meat may not have been as crucial to human evolution as we thought


https://www.popsci.com/science/eating-meat-human-evolution-study/
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Friday, 6 January 2023

How humans got a new gene that makes our brains larger


https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/01/how-humans-got-a-new-gene-that-makes-our-brains-larger/
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Labels: chimpanzee, genetics, human
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