Human brains said to shrink in old age

Tuesday, July 26, 2011 - 16:30 in Biology & Nature

ST. LOUIS, July 26 (UPI) -- Human brains shrink with age, unlike the brains of our closest living relatives, chimpanzees, probably because of our longer lifespan, U.S. researchers say.

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