Split gene could have created human brains

Thursday, May 3, 2012 - 20:00 in Biology & Nature

SEATTLE, May 3 (UPI) -- A single gene mutation may have started the evolution of large human brains 2.5 million years ago as humans diverged from early cousins, U.S. researchers say.

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