In some cartoons, the one with a bigger brain is often described as “smart,” but is it true in real life?
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Sources:
http://discovermagazine.com/2010/sep/25-modern-humans-smart-why-brain-shrinking
http://www.larspenke.eu/pdfs/Pietschnig_et_al_2015_-_Meta-analysis_brain_volume_IQ.pdf
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-04268-8
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https://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822(16)30197-X
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17655784?dopt=Abstract
Image Sources:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Homo_habilis-cropped.jpg
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gyrus_sulcus.png
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