Molecular Insights into Human Brain Evolution
Open Access
- 15 March 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Biology
- Vol. 3 (3) , e50
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0030050
Abstract
As a species, we pride ourselves on the uniqueness of our brain. But comparisons with other species may tell us how our unique brains evolved.Keywords
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