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The shape, not size, of our ancestors' brains may have helped them

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By comparing the brains of Neanderthals with an average human brain, researchers suggest that different ways of processing information may have helped our ancestors outcompete their hominid cousins.

The shape, not size, of our ancestors' brains may have helped them outlast Neanderthals - Los Angeles Times

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