How Humans Evolved Supersize Brains

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Recorded19 Nov 2015

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Scientists have begun to identify the symphony of biological triggers that powered the extraordinary expansion of the human brain. The post How Humans Evolved Supersize Brains first appeared on Quanta Magazine

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