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Yup! And the article incorrectly states that humans have more cortical neurons than any other animal. Pilot whales (a misnomer, they're dolphins) have more cort
by omalleyt 11y ago
Yup! And the article incorrectly states that humans have more cortical neurons than any other animal. Pilot whales (a misnomer, they're dolphins) have more cortical neurons than humans: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_animals_by_number_of_neurons#Cerebral_cortex https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_animals_by_number_of_n...
Which is especially important because the article takes as given that the number of cortical neurons is what makes humans special.
- retupmoc01 11y agowikipedia doesn't always have all the answers: https://www.quantamagazine.org/20151110-evolution-of-big-brains/#comment-361136 https://www.quantamagazine.org/20151110-evolution-of-big-bra...