New Genetic Clues to the Mystery of Your Giant Brain [Video]

New Genetic Clues to the Mystery of Your Giant Brain [Video]

SciShow Hosted by: Stefan Chin Transcript:I don’t like to brag, but I’ve got a pretty big brain.And so do you.Compared to gorillas and orangutans — apes that are about our size — our brains arethree times as massive.That extra size is likely a big part of what lets us...
Genes found only in humans influence brain size

Genes found only in humans influence brain size

New genes arose in human ancestors just before a dramatic increase in brain size and are involved in genetic defects associated with neurological disorders May 31, 2018 By Tim Stephens | UCSC A set of three nearly identical genes found only in humans appear to play a...
A history of big-headedness

A history of big-headedness

How humans got their brains May 31, 2018 The Economist “HOW the human got his brain” is probably the most important “Just So” story that Rudyard Kipling never wrote. Kipling did not ignore people in his quirky take on evolution. Two of his tales describe the invention...