Complex Synapses Drove Brain Evolution

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Sun, 06/08/2008 - 21:45

One of the great scientific challenges is to understand the design principles and origins of the human brain.

New research has shed light on the evolutionary origins of the brain and how it evolved into the remarkably complex structure found in humans.

The research suggests that it is not size alone that gives more brain power, but that, during evolution, increasingly sophisticated molecular processing of nerve impulses allowed development of animals with more complex behaviors.

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