Differences in human and Neanderthal brains set in just after birth

Tuesday, November 9, 2010 - 07:10 in Biology & Nature

The brains of newborn humans and Neanderthals are about the same size and appear rather similar overall. It's mainly after birth, and specifically in the first year of life, that the differences between our brains and those of our extinct relatives really take shape, according to a report published in the Nov. 9 issue of Current Biology, a Cell Press publication...

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