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12 Dec 2008, 10:31 am

http://news.uk.msn.com/science/article. ... d=11816370


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12 Dec 2008, 10:37 am

Maybe they could spare a few of those brain cells for George W.


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12 Dec 2008, 12:47 pm

Scientists now hope further tests may tell them more about the individual the brain belonged to by revealing why such brains survive death and burial and giving more information about burial practices.

What are they going to find out?

What the person was like or why the brain survived?

I'm confused, but it'd be interesting if they knew more about the brain and the evolution of it.


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12 Dec 2008, 3:26 pm

the best research that can be taken is finding out how the brain survived rather than who it belonged to, it could help find a cure for brain-degenerative diseases in the future.


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