Study Links Human-Chimpanzee Brain Difference to Ancient Virus

A scientific study has found that chimpanzees could have had a brain similar to that of humans had a virus not intervened in the course of their evolution. Coverage addressed the question of what explains the difference between humans and chimpanzees.

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• According to the study, chimpanzees were capable of having a brain similar to that of humans, but a virus's intervention in their evolutionary path prevented this.

  «أثبتت دراسة علمية أن الشمبانزي كان يمكن أن يمتلك دماغا شبيها بدماغ الإنسان لولا تدخل فيروس في مسار تطوره.»

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• The headline's wording suggests that the secret behind the difference between the two brains may lie in an ancient virus, rather than in a specific cause the report stated definitively.

  «سر الاختلاف بين دماغ الإنسان والشمبانزي قد يكمن في فيروس قديم»

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