{"id":17356,"date":"2021-02-12T15:16:41","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T22:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=17356"},"modified":"2021-02-12T15:16:41","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T22:16:41","slug":"making-animals-with-super-brains-means-one-thing-the-age-of-clever-catgirls-grows-near","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2021\/02\/12\/making-animals-with-super-brains-means-one-thing-the-age-of-clever-catgirls-grows-near\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Animals With Super-Brains Means One Thing: The Age of Clever Catgirls Grows Near"},"content":{"rendered":"

     We\u2019ve already seen how the addition of the human gene MCPH1<\/a> have cause monkeys to develop a more human like brain including better memories and faster reactions. \u00a0 Now the quest to create hyper-intelligent animal brains that aren\u2019t just wired better, but bigger<\/a> as well:<\/p>\n

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\u201cDuring the study, Japanese and German researchers injected a gene called ARHGAP11B \u2014 which directs stem cells in the human brain \u2014 into the dark matter of marmoset fetuses, according to a release about the research.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey found that the primates\u2019 brains soon became more human-like by developing larger, more advanced neocortexes \u2014 the area that controls cognition and language, according to the study published in the journal Science in June.<\/p>\n

\u201cAccording to images released by the researchers, the modified monkey brains nearly doubled in size at around 100-days into gestation.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018We found indeed that the neocortex of the common marmoset brain was enlarged and the brain surface folded,\u2019 said study author Michael Heide.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe neocortex is the newest part of the brain to evolve \u2014 one sign that ARHGAP11B may have caused brain growth during human evolution, the researchers said.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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     Being able to create animal-human hybrid brains just means we are that much closer to achieving clever catgirls!<\/p>\n