
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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