The emergence of genetic variants linked to brain and cognitive traits in human evolution.

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The emergence of genetic variants linked to brain and cognitive traits in human evolution.

Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) - 1 Aug 2025

Libedinsky Ilan, Wei Yongbin, de Leeuw Christiaan, Rilling James K, Posthuma Danielle, van den Heuvel Martijn P

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Human evolution involved major anatomical transformations, including a rapid increase in brain volume over the last 2 million years. Examination of fossil records provides insight into these physical changes but offers limited information on the evolution of brain function and cognition. A complementary approach integrates genome dating from the Human Genome Dating Project with genome-wide association studies to...

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PMID: 40801890
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhaf127
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