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TexasTowelie

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Thu Sep 4, 2025, 12:58 AM Thursday

Study shows how thumbs helped shape the brain - NBC News



A new study out of the U.K. lays out how thumbs helped shape brain development in humans and other primates. Scientists found a link between thumb size and the size of the neocortex which is involved in higher-order brain functions, which they say suggests that thumbs are linked to "thinking and not movement."
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Study shows how thumbs helped shape the brain - NBC News (Original Post) TexasTowelie Thursday OP
Hmmmm. Gonna have to cogitate on that one a bit stopdiggin Thursday #1
No, I haven't been that observant of koalas. nt TexasTowelie Thursday #2

stopdiggin

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1. Hmmmm. Gonna have to cogitate on that one a bit
Thu Sep 4, 2025, 01:53 AM
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Interesting ... But I'm kinda' thinking a good bit of conjecture ....

(incidentally have you seen the construction of a koala's hand/paw ? fearsome !! )

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