Mozg. Takoi li on osobennyi? - Kherkulano-Khuzel Siuzana

Humans are amazing creatures. Our brain uses up to 25% of all the energy that our body needs every day. In a relatively short period of time of evolution, its size has increased significantly, allowing us to leave our ancestors, apes, behind. So the human brain can be called special? I don't think so. Suzanne Herculano-Hozel is trying to prove that the size of our brains is not so important. Only the cerebral cortex and the number of neurons matter. All this happened thanks to the invention of our ancestors a near-efficiency method of calorie-eating: cooking. Consuming more calories in a short amount of time has allowed our brain to acquire more neurons in the still-relatively small cerebral cortex, which is responsible for finding patterns, reasoning and development Technologies. This is an original look at how in the process of becoming an extraordinary person there was nothing special.