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Human and Neanderthal brains have a surprising ‘youthful’ quality in common, new research finds

Posted in neuroscience

Modern humans have a youthful brain, and this “Peter Pan syndrome” is also seen in Neanderthals.

Many believe our particularly large brain is what makes us human — but is there more to it? The brain’s shape, as well as the shapes of its component parts (lobes) may also be important.