The human frontal cortex has been reported to be proportion-ally larger than in other primates. Magnetic resonance scans of humans, apes and monkeys now cast doubt on this idea.
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Passingham, R. The frontal cortex: does size matter?. Nat Neurosci 5, 190–192 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn0302-190
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