Lifespan and sexual maturity depends on your brain more than your body

New research finds how long humans and other warm-blooded animals live -- and when they reach sexual maturity -- may have more to do with their brain than their body. More specifically, it is not animals with larger bodies or slower metabolic rates that live longer; it is animals with more neurons in the cerebral cortex, whatever the size of the body.

from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2OdIzsR