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. 2019 Feb 4;29(3):R95-R97.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.12.024.

Brain Evolution: Mapping the Inner Neandertal

Chet C Sherwood  1 , Brenda J Bradley  2
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Brain Evolution: Mapping the Inner Neandertal

Chet C Sherwood et al. Curr Biol. .
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Human populations that migrated out of Africa interbred with Neandertals. A new study assesses the effects of Neandertal gene variants on brain shape in modern humans, providing insights into the genomic basis of the uniquely globular human brain.

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