Humans and chimpanzees share almost all their genes. Despite this, our brains have developed in different ways. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now shown that a viral pandemic dating back several million years is likely to be part of the explanation.
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Is that how we are going to become the Eloi and the Morlocks?
Probably more like this is how we get Planet of the Apes when some genius decides to reactivate that gene in chimpanzees.