The Code That Grew Our Minds: How a Tiny DNA Tweak Made Human Brains Bigger and Smarter
Scientists have long struggled to explain what sets the human brain apart. Our cerebral cortex, the folded outer layer dedicated to thought, speech, and imagination is three times as large as the cerebral cortex of our nearest relatives, the chimpanzees. Now research shows a microscopic shift in our DNA embedded inside a regulatory on-off switch ...
