Aging brains are different in humans and chimpanzees; Evolution of human longevity led to both a large brain and brain shrinkage

Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 17:30 in Biology & Nature

Brains shrink in humans, potentially causing a number of health problems and mental illnesses as people age, but do they shrink to the same extent in the closest living relatives to humans -- the chimpanzees?

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