Our Brains Shouldn’t Be So Big

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It's no secret that humans have big brains, especially compared to the rest of the animal world. But big brains require big energy to power them, and shifting around all our calories to fuel our massive brains was no small feat. From the Taung Child to modern biometrics, here's how we can learn all about what it took to make our species such egg-heads.

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