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A Surprising Link Between Yawning and Brain Size

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Recent research indicates a surprising link between yawning and the size of your brain. This post from Big Think delves into how yawning is linked to having a bigger brain.  Yawning is one of the great mysteries of life. You see someone yawn, and you feel like yawning yourself. You get tired, you yawn, presumably because you need more oxygen in the brain. You are bored by an ... Continue Reading

A Shift From Raw To Cooked Food Led To Bigger Brains

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This article studies the growing movement of people who believe eating foods that are concordant with your genetic ancestry can help you avoid many of the modern day lifestyle diseases. Generally speaking, the larger the mammal, the larger its brain will be. Humans are a bit of an anomaly among primates, however, because we have the largest brain and number of neurons, but not ... Continue Reading

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