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HUMAN BRAIN EVOLUTION

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Page 1: LARGE COMPLEX BRAINS Large complex brains can store and process a lot of information. Early humans interact and encounter with new habitats

HUMAN BRAIN EVOLUTION

Page 2: LARGE COMPLEX BRAINS Large complex brains can store and process a lot of information. Early humans interact and encounter with new habitats

LARGE COMPLEX BRAINSLarge complex brains can store and

process a lot of information. Early humans interact and encounter with new habitats.

Page 3: LARGE COMPLEX BRAINS Large complex brains can store and process a lot of information. Early humans interact and encounter with new habitats

THE EVOLUTION-DESIGNED BRAINThe first time you observe the anatomy of the

human brain, its many folds and overlapping structures can seem very confusing, and you may wonder what they all mean. But just like the anatomy of any other organ or organism, the anatomy of the brain becomes much clearer and more meaningful when you examine it in light of the evolutionary processes that created it.

Page 4: LARGE COMPLEX BRAINS Large complex brains can store and process a lot of information. Early humans interact and encounter with new habitats

evolution of the human brainHow do scientists explain the evolution

of the human brain?As with other complex biological features, scientists explain the evolution of the human brain through natural selection. However, the human brain presents some unique challenges that must be answered through slightly different methods.

Page 5: LARGE COMPLEX BRAINS Large complex brains can store and process a lot of information. Early humans interact and encounter with new habitats

Large brains Large brains means large heads, making

childbirth more difficult and painful for human mothers. About 2.5 million years ago hominids started out with a brain weighting 400-450 grams. Evolution in humans is commonly thought to stop in recent times. There are plenty of examples that the human race is evolving like our brain and there are signs.

Page 6: LARGE COMPLEX BRAINS Large complex brains can store and process a lot of information. Early humans interact and encounter with new habitats

Evolution of the skull  bony case of the brain of vertebrates.Human evolution is the part of biological evolution concerning the emergence of humans as a distinct species. It is the subject of a broad scientific inquiry that seeks to understand and describe how this change and development occurred.