THE BRAIN: A User’s Guide to the Blob Between Your Ears
The Next Big Idea
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Our Brains Are Not More Evolved Than a Lizard's Brains
We have the same basic brain cells neurons. It's just that the conditions in which they evolved are different and that leads to differentiation. That our brains are, I mean, this is the kind of thing that makes people don't know anything about science crazy. Lizards are really well adapted to their niche and we'rereally well adapted to art. There are only one class of animals, I think, who have larger niche than we do: bacteria and other single cell organisms.
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