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Neanderthals Used Brains Differently from "Us"

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Neanderthal Brain Growth Shows A Head Start for Moderns

Ann Gibbons

With brains as big as ours, Neanderthals were no dumb brutes. But they may not have used their brains the same way we do. In the crucial first year of life, their brains developed dramatically differently from the way ours do, according to a report in this week's issue of Current Biology.

Full story at http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/330/6006/900-a?sa_campaign=Email/sntw/12-November-2010/10.1126/science.330.6006.900-a
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