Unexpectedly speedy expansion of human, ape cerebellum -- ScienceDaily - 0 views
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new study could rewrite the story of ape and human brain evolution
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The findings suggest that technical intelligence was likely at least as important as social intelligence in human cognitive evolution, the researchers say.
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the cerebellum contains about 70 billion neurons -- four times more than in the neocortex," Barton says. "Nobody really knows what all these neurons are for, but they must be doing something important."