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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
Newsgroups: comp.ai,comp.cog-eng,sci.misc
Subject: Re: Genesis of language (was: Why can't my cat talk, and a bunch of others)
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Date: Thu, 10-Dec-87 12:00:07 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 10 12:00:07 1987
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> Apropos cell death in brains, the old saw about losing 10,000 neurons every
> day is now being challenged...

Also of note, the other old saw that new neurons are not formed after birth
in higher animals is now known to be untrue.  At least some higher animals
(some types of birds) do grow new neurons at times.  Last I heard, nobody
yet knows how common this phenomenon is.
-- 
Those who do not understand Unix are |  Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
condemned to reinvent it, poorly.    | {allegra,ihnp4,decvax,utai}!utzoo!henry