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Published online 11 April 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030407-13
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Our ancestors had brains - for dinner
Spread of disease-protection genes points to cannibalistic past.
Our ancestors may have eaten each other's brains.
A new study has found genes that offer protection from prion diseases, such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD), in populations on four continents.
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