Suzana Herculano-Houzel

Books by this Author

The Human Advantage
A New Understanding of How Our Brain Became Remarkable
By Suzana Herculano-Houzel
Humans are awesome. Our brains are gigantic, seven times larger than they should be for the size of our bodies. The human brain uses 25% of all the energy the body requires each day. And it became enormous in a very short amount of time in evolution, allowing us to leave our cousins, the great apes, behind. So the human brain is special, right? Wrong, according to Suzana Herculano-Houzel. Humans...