Two neuroscientists have tapped into what may represent a fundamental difference in brain development between people and other mammals.
If the findings hold up, they’ll offer insight into how humans evolved an enlarged frontal cortex capable of supporting symbolic thought and language use, conclude Kresimir Letinic and Pasko Rakic of Yale University School of Medicine.
Researchers have identified many commonalties in how brains of various animal species develop.
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