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Large human brain evolved as a result of 'sizing each other up'
2016-08-12 12:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] Humans have evolved a disproportionately large brain as a result of sizing each other up in large cooperative social groups, researchers have proposed. A team led by computer scientists at Cardiff University suggest that the challenge of judging a person's relative standing and deciding whether or not to cooperate with them has promoted the rapid expansion of human brain size over the last 2 million years. In a study published in Scientific Reports today, …
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