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Did a smaller jaw Muscle mean a bigger Brain?

Did early human ancestors develop bigger brains because of defective muscle gene?

How a defective gene for jaw muscles could have allowed our human ancestors to develop a larger, more advantageous, brain. Seasonal patterns in volcanic activity around the world could be caused by the way the Earth changes shape throughout the year. Dark matter Wimps (weakly interacting massive particles) and why they are raining down on Earth. The miserable lives of some male lemurs.

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大象传媒 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project

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