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CARTA: The Costs of Big Brains with Alex Pollen

CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny (Audio) by UCTV

Apr 15, 202600:17:00Science & Medicine

Human brain expansion is often discussed in terms of the genetic and molecular innovations that drove uniquely human cognitive abilities. Yet evolution is fundamentally a process of tradeoffs. Disproportionate expansion...

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CARTA: The Costs of Big Brains with Alex Pollen is an episode from CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny (Audio) by UCTV. Human brain expansion is often discussed in terms of the genetic and molecular innovations...

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Published Apr 15, 2026, 00:17:00 long, audio available.

CARTA: The Costs of Big Brains with Alex Pollen

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