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Global Museum (globalmuseum@mastodon.online)'s status on Friday, 30-Aug-2024 10:08:53 JST Global Museum

Our Bigger Brains Came With a Downside: Faster Aging.
A study comparing chimpanzee and human brains suggests that the regions that grew the most during human evolution are the most susceptible to aging.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/28/science/chimpanzee-brain-aging.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GU4.2NER.XsxfYAunBY8d&utm_source=globalmuseum
#humanevolution #brain #brains #science #Aging #chimpanzees #humans
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1. The darker green regions of the brain show the parts that have expanded the most during human evolution. A new study shows that they are the same sections that shrink the most during aging. Credit...Vickery et al., Science Advances, 2024
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