Childhood first: Prolonged development before big brains in human evolution

2026/06/05 by Tobias Großmann, Tobias Grossmann
Neuroscience · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience #Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology #Primate Behavior and Ecology

paper · doi:10.1016/j.dr.2026.101272

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