How Neanderthals Got Their Unusually Large Brains
Neanderthals had larger brains than modern humans do, and a new study of a Neanderthal child's skeleton now suggests this is because their brains spent more time growing. for their size. It takes a lot of energy to develop such large brains, and previous research suggested that the high cost of modern-human brain development was a key reason why human growth in general is slow compared with that of other primates. "If you look at earlier primates, they have much quicker development," said study co-lead author Antonio Rosas, chairman of the ...
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