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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