We saw how our brain got bigger in size over the last 3.5 million years, as we evolved from our earliest known human ancestor, the hominids
. Is human brain evolving even today?
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We have seen how modern humans evolved from hominids, their earliest known human ancestor who lived millions of years ago. Concurrent with this change in body shape, there was also a dramatic growth of our brain size.
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My life is a story of two contrasting worlds. To the others I am a scientist working in a top US university. But my private world is shaped by a lifelong struggle with ADD that I was born with, but did not know about until I was past 40. Here I present a unique perspective on adult ADD/ ADHD, drawing from the lessons of my own life and an extensive research on the subject. More >>
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