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TWiEVO 82: A genetic hack for the human brain

This Week in Evolution

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The Cost of Gaining a Set of Neurons in Brain Development

Tectol 1 is a gene associated with uncontrolled division. Modern humans are more likely to have brain tumors for it than Neanderthals were. Is that really a trade-off? That would be sort of, you know, a logical case.

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