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Big Brains Arose Separately in Multiple Primate Groups

news.nationalgeographic.com — The ancestors of modern-day primates in the Americas had tiny brains just like their counterparts in Africa and Eurasia, according to a new study. Because modern anthropoid, or humanlike, primates in both regions have large brains relative to their body sizes, the finding suggests that one of the hallmarks of primate biology—increasing brain size

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  • joe8pack, on 07/19/2008, -0/+1Big brains taste better!!!
  • TopherT, on 07/19/2008, -0/+1This increases the possibility of intelligent life in the universe. If intelligence is adaptive, then anywhere there is life the chances of intelligent life is much greater.
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