Suzana Herculano-Houzel: Lifespan and Sexual Maturity Depends on Your Brain More Than Your Body (VIDEO)

Vanderbilt University

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Watch Prof. Suzana Herculano-Houzel explain why how long humans and other warm-blooded animals live--and when they reach sexual maturity-- may have more to do with their brain than their body. More specifically, it is not animals with larger bodies or slower metabolic rates that live longer; it is animals with more neurons in the cerebral cortex, whatever the size of the body.

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