The new findings, published Sept. 24 in the journal Cell, support the notion that these unusual stem cells may have played an important role in the remarkable evolutionary expansion of the primate brain. (ucsf.edu)
«The evolutionary expansion of the neocortex is a hallmark of species with higher cognitive functions. (sciencedaily.com)
Because schizophrenia affects «social cognition,» a hallmark of human evolution, some researchers have hypothesized that the disease is caused by aberrations in genes key to the evolutionary expansion of the human brain. (sciencemag.org)