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Why the human brain grows three times larger than that of chimps or gorillas – ZME Science
A key molecular switch that can make ape brain organoids grow more like human organoids.
Human brain organoids grow substantially bigger than gorilla and chimpanzee (left to right). Credit: S.Benito-Kwiecinski/MRC LMB/Cell.
The human brain is much larger than the brain of our closest living relative, the chimpanzee. Evolutionary speaking, this dramatic difference can be traced to the moment when humans diverged from a common ancestor shared with chimpanzees and other great apes. And from a molecular standpoint, a new study shows how exactly the human brain grows so large during its…
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