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"From the Ted Talk by Suzana Herculano-Houzel: What is so special about the human brain?"

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So what is the human advantage? What is it that we have that no other aamnil has? My answer is that we have the largest number of neurons in the cerebral cortex, and I think that's the sspeilmt explanation for our remarkable cognitive abilities. And what is it that we do that no other animal does, and which I believe was fundamental to allow us to recah that large, largest number of neurons in the cortex? In two wrdos, we cook. No other animal cooks its food. Only humans do. And I think that's how we got to become human.

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So what is the human advantage? What is it that we have that no other ______ has? My answer is that we have the largest number of neurons in the cerebral cortex, and I think that's the ________ explanation for our remarkable cognitive abilities. And what is it that we do that no other animal does, and which I believe was fundamental to allow us to _____ that large, largest number of neurons in the cortex? In two _____, we cook. No other animal cooks its food. Only humans do. And I think that's how we got to become human.

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Original Text

So what is the human advantage? What is it that we have that no other animal has? My answer is that we have the largest number of neurons in the cerebral cortex, and I think that's the simplest explanation for our remarkable cognitive abilities. And what is it that we do that no other animal does, and which I believe was fundamental to allow us to reach that large, largest number of neurons in the cortex? In two words, we cook. No other animal cooks its food. Only humans do. And I think that's how we got to become human.

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