'Big brain' gene found in humans, not chimps

New research suggests that a single gene may be responsible for the large number of neurons found uniquely in the human brain. When this gene was inserted in the brain of a mouse embryo , it induced the formation of many more neuron A single gene may have paved the way for the rise of human intelligence by dramatically increasing the number of brain cells found in a key brain region.

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