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OROWAN1 suggests that the high uric acid concentration in the blood of human beings and anthropoids, as compared with other mammals, may be a cause of their intellectual development. He holds that uric acid has the same stimulatory effect on the brain as caffeine and theobromine.
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Orowan, E., Nature, 175, 683 (1955).
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HALDANE, J. Origin of Man. Nature 176, 169–170 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/176169a0
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