Neanderthal brain spared schizoprenia.


	Neanderthal brain spared schizoprenia.

pokkets

6-12-2007 10:37 PM

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neanderthal, brain, cortex, language, schizophrenia, gene, human, homo sapiens

pokkets says:

Not much consolation, still they weren't as likely to get depressed about it

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6-13-2007 1:32 PM

kielipuoli

Hey, this was really interesting. Thanks for sharing!

7-7-2007 11:20 AM

Kore7

I agree. Very interesting, pokkets!

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