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Fast fact #73

#73: All mammals have a wrinkled cortex, but the human cortex is much larger in area (in proportion to the overall brain) than any other animal's.

The brain
The body

Bibliography

Source: Dana Foundation
http://www.dana.org/news/brainhealth/detail.aspx?id=10060
Originally published in Big Picture: Inside the Brain
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Education-resources/Teaching-and-education/Big-Picture/All-issues/Inside-the-brain/index.htm

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