Humans Sacrificed Brawn for Brains, Study Suggests

Tuesday, May 27, 2014 - 17:50 in Psychology & Sociology

Humans possess more complex, powerful brains compared with humanity's closest living relatives, such as monkeys and apes. One reason behind this jump in brainpower may lie in how much of the human metabolism is devoted to the human brain.

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