Ancient humans may have had apelike brains even after leaving Africa
Modern humanlike brains may have emerged in an evolutionary sprint about 1.7 million years ago
![models of an early human skull and an apelike skull with brains highlighted in blue](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/040721_CC_brains_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
Brains of early humans (illustrated in blue) may have evolved from a more apelike version (left) seen in a specimen from Dmanisi, Georgia, to the more modern humanlike one (right) from Sangiran, Indonesia, between 1.7 million and 1.5 million years ago.
M.S. Ponce de León and C.P.E. Zollikofer/University of Zurich