University of California - San Diego Aug 13 2025 Research from scientists at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have shed new light on an age-old question: what makes the human brain unique? The team's discovery comes from their investigation of human-accelerated regions (HARs) - sections of the human genome that have accumulated an unusually high level of mutations as humans have evolved. There is a lot of scientific interest in HARs, as they are hypothesized to play an