TWiEVO 82: A genetic hack for the human brain
This Week in Evolution
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Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens in Cognitive Ability
Vincent: It's not even clear, as the authors point out, how different Neanderthals and homo sapiens are in cognitive abilities. And so we're going to get into a little bit of neuroanatomy 101 here if I stumble over some questions. But what we do know is that from physical evidence, the skulls of Neanderthal and some of the bones that we've recovered,. which we've also been able to gain DNA from. That's going to be the key sort of linchpin in how this study works.
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