Thank brain evolution for small motor skills

Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 14:42 in Psychology & Sociology

A relatively new area of the brain's cerebral cortex evolved to enable humans and other primates the necessary small motor skills to pick up small objects and deftly use tools, scientists now say.

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