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Weighing roughly one-and-a-half kilos, with a volume more or less half that of a medium-sized coconut, the human brain with its about 100 billion neurons, each with some 10,000 interconnections, is probably the most complex structure that we know.

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When we choose a partner with whom we want to propagate our genes, we choose one that in our judgment is beautiful and strong.

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There is something called the “Grandmother Hypothesis,” according to which a “grandmother has a decidedly beneficial effect on the reproductive success of her children and the survival of her grandchildren” (Hawkes, 2004).

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When we choose a partner with whom we want to propagate our genes, we choose one that in our judgment is beautiful and strong.

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There is something called the “Grandmother Hypothesis,” according to which a “grandmother has a decidedly beneficial effect on the reproductive success of her children and the survival of her grandchildren” (Hawkes, 2004).

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