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#140 – Lisa Feldman Barrett: Love, Evolution, and the Human Brain

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Brain Evolution

The cerebral cortex is like icing on an already baked cake. It just keeps getting layered on top by evolution, he says. But there are other stories that you could tell about brain evolution and the context in which brains evolved. Some animals whose niche hasn't changed in 400 million years can be compared to modern-day creatures such as humans.

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