Carl Zimmer on Nostr: Our brains expanded dramatically over the past few millions years—and some parts ...
Our brains expanded dramatically over the past few millions years—and some parts expanded much more than others. It turns out those most expanded parts tend to shrink the fastest in old age. I wrote about this sad evolutionary irony for my Origins column this week. Gift link:
https://nyti.ms/3T9u3qx Published at
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