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 Size does matter [1]

the structure of the brain is ultimately governed by natural selection. Samuel Wang, neuroscientist at Princeton University, usa, has worked out what percentage of the total brain volume is taken up by different brain regions in different species and how species evolution in the primates is related with change in the brain design. The classification of the brain, called

Publication Date: 
14/06/2001
Down to Earth [2]
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Endangered Species [3], Mental Health [4], Monkey [5], Life Science [6], Neurology [7], Research [8], United States Of America (US) [9]
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