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Harvard Gazette
7 months ago
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Study links fermented foods with brain growth - Harvard Gazette

Fermentation, not fire, may have been the key driver behind the evolutionary increase in human cranial capacity.
Brain tissue is energetically expensive, and changes in diet, possibly due to fermentation, could have fueled the expansion of our ancestors' brains. [ more ]
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