Brain power: Why do humans have the largest cerebral cortex?

Posted by on June 2, 2016 7:20 pm
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The expansion of the cerebral cortex sets humans apart from the rest of their fellow primates. Yet scientists have long wondered what mechanisms are responsible for this evolutionary development. New research has pinpointed a specific long nocoding ribonucleic acid that regulates neural development.

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