Things About Early Humans That Will Blow Your Mind

An Important Evolutionary Protein

DUF 1220 is a protein that may be essential in the development and evolution of the human brain evolution. This notion comes from the understanding that human beings have in excess 270 copies of DUF1220 in their brains, whereas our primate cousins, like chimpanzees and gorillas have slightly less copies of the protein in their brains. With further research we have no doubt scientists will link human intelligence to the protein itself, accounting for the disparity between us and animals.