The human advantage : a new understanding of how our brain became remarkable / Suzana Herculano-Houzel.

Herculano-Houzel shows that it is not the size of our brain that matters but the fact that we have more neurons in the cerebral cortex than any other animal, thanks to our ancestors' invention, some 1.5 million years ago, of a more efficient way to obtain calories: cooking. Because we are prima...

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Main Author: Herculano-Houzel, Suzana, 1972- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2016]
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