Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprint
Rapid expansion of synaptic complexity as a key contributor to cognitive growth in early humans
Guilherme Alves Lepski, Analia L. Arévalo, Patrícia Silva de Camargo…·Shigeru Miyagawa
The paper identifies genetic variants associated with synaptic processes that may have contributed to cognitive growth in early humans by comparing gene expression across archaic and modern humans.