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Published online 25 March 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040322-9
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Jaw-dropping theory of human evolution
Did mankind trade chewing power for a bigger brain?
Researchers have proposed an answer to the vexing question of how the human brain grew so big. We may owe our superior intelligence to weak jaw muscles, they suggest.
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