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Neanderthals (Radio Edit)

You're Dead to Me

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The Evolution of the Brain

As hominins go, they have slightly larger on average, even than us. But yeah, the distribution of where stuff is in the brain is slightly different. We can put someone in a scanner today and watch exactly what lights up in their brain, whereas we can't do that with Neanderthals. With things like the ability to process complex ideas or have fantastic memory or language and stuff, that's totally still an active area that we're not really sure.

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