Humans don't use as much brainpower as we like to think: Animals had energy-hungry brains long before we did - Phys.Org

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Humans don't use as much brainpower as we like to think: Animals had energy-hungry brains long before we did Phys.Org Relative to resting metabolic rate—the total amount of calories an animal burns each day just to keep breathing, digesting and staying warm—the human brain demands more than twice as many calories as the chimpanzee brain, and at least three to five ... and more »