Comparing the Structure of the Human Brain to That of Other

question 85

Multiple Choice

Comparing the structure of the human brain to that of other animals reveals that:

• A) human brain organization bears little or no resemblance to that of lower animals, such as birds and fish.
• B) all animals have a cerebellum, but only humans and other primates have a cortex.
• C) the basic structure of the human brain is very different from that of many other animals and, most notably, a lower proportion of the human brain is devoted to the cortex.
• D) the basic structure of the human brain is similar to that of many other animals, but a higher proportion of the human brain is devoted to the cortex.

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