Origin of Man
NaturePublished 1 July 1955
J. B. S. Haldane
Citations40
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SJR score18.29
SNIP10.16
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It is suggested that the high uric acid concentration in the blood of human beings and anthropoids, as compared with other mammals, may be a cause of their intellectual development.
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OROWAN1 suggests that the high uric acid concentration in the blood of human beings and anthropoids, as compared with other mammals, may be a cause of their intellectual development. He holds that uric acid has the same stimulatory effect on the brain as caffeine and theobromine.
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MedicineHealth Professions
NatureThe Origin of Man
112 Citations1955E. Orowan
The Darwin–Mendel–De Vries theory of evolution provides a general frame for understanding the emergence of man, but it leaves open crucial questions of detail about why man and the higher apes so strikingly exceeded other animals in intellectual development.