This has made it possible, for the first time, to systematically identify the diseases that affect human synapses and provides a new way to study the evolution of the brain and behaviour.

从而在医学史上首次使系统确认影响人类突触的疾病成为可能、并为研究大脑及其行为的进化提供了一条新的路子。

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If you look back in evolution to say, the sea slug Aplysia, you see that the building blocks of this brain have not changed.

如果我们回首看进化早期的生物，以海蛞蝓类的海兔为例，你会发现脑的基本构成没有改变。

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A central nervous system-in which specialised sensory and motor nerve cells are clumped together into a nerve cord and brain-is usually the mark of more recent evolution.

中央神经系统通常是更具现代特征的进化标志，因为其中有一些感觉神经细胞与行动神经细胞，它们牢牢地结合在一起组成了神经索与大脑。

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"Usually when the evolution of the brain is discussed, it is always assumed that it must have been some sort of naturally selected benefit such as being better at extracting food or getting along in big social groups, " he says.

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"We are looking at the evolution of the human brain into a multitasking beast, where people don't consume one thing, they consume two or three things at once, " he says.

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Staff at Lola Ya Bonobo say that some 40, 000 people come through its doors each year, including tourists and local schoolchildren, as well as graduate students conducting research on everything from bonobo behaviour to the evolution of the human brain.

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