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SCOUT· 46%1h 05m·2024-02-22·Science
SCOUT· 46%1h 05m·2024-02-22·ScienceFermentation, fire, and our big brains
Many Minds
Brains are not cheap. It takes a lot of calories to run a brain, and the bigger your brain, the more calories it takes. So how is it that, over the last couple million years, the human brain tripled in size. How could we possibly have afforded that? Where did the extra calories come from? There's no shortage of…
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