Coordinated neural progenitor adaptations drive primate neocortical downscaling
Lidiia Tynianskaia, Cesar Mateo Bastidas Betancourt, Esther Marie Grewe, Julia Marie Kniep, Neringa Liutikaite, Nesil Eşiyok, Sabrina Heide, Nancy Rüger, Dimitri Leonid Lindenwald, Charis Drummer, Stoyan Petkov, Nataliya Di Donato, Michael Heide
The paper identifies coordinated adaptations in neural progenitor cells that drive neocortical downscaling in marmosets compared to humans.
bioRxiv · Feb 19, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology