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Modern chimp brains share similarities with ancient hominids

Scans suggest certain folding patterns don’t mark humanlike neural advances after all

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BRAINY CHIMPS  Some modern chimps have brain surface features that were thought to have signaled humanlike brain evolution in hominids from as early as 3 million years ago, scans suggest.

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By Bruce Bower

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