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In the Light of Evolution Volume VI: Brain and Behavior (2013) / Chapter Skim
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Part IV: PHYLOGENY OF HUMAN BRAINS AND HUMAN MINDS
Pages 251-252

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... Preuss also notes that human brains mature more slowly than the brains of other species, which would explain why brain metabolic activity is surprisingly high and structural plasticity unusually protracted in humans. Particularly interesting is the observation that some patterns of gene expression in the prefrontal cortex of humans are seen only during development in other species.
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... This kind of analog numerical estimation can also be performed by human infants and nonhuman primates. Cantlon further reports that the analog math task activates homologous brain areas in the parietal cortex of both humans and monkeys.
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