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May 31, 2018By Elizabeth Pennisi | Science Three nearly identical genes could help explain how 0.5 liters of gray matter in early human ancestors became the 1.4-liter organ that has made our species so successful and distinctive. The newly identified genes could also...
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Three genes that appeared during our early evolution probably increased the number of neurons in our heads—but at a cost. May 31, 2018 By: Ed Yong | The Atlantic It started with some blobs of brain-like tissue, growing in a dish.Frank Jacobs, then at the University of...
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May 31, 2018 Summary Three brain development genes are found only in humans and may have helped drive the rapid expansion of the brain starting roughly three million years ago. A newly discovered set of genes could help explain how humans diverged from other apes....
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May 31, 2018by Katherine Lindemann The genes also play a role in neurological disorders, and may provide a path to their treatment A set of three genes found only in humans appears to play an important role in our large brain size, according to a newly released study....
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May 31, 2018Clive Cookson, Science Editor | Financial Times Research teams discover family of genes called NOTCH2NL that shaped intelligence Three international research teams have solved a genetic mystery of evolution: how human brains got to be so big. Two groups of...
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