Comparing brains in different species

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A note for Lesson no. 1, "You Have One Brain (Not Three)," in Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain by Lisa Feldman Barrett.
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It’s a tricky business to compare brains in different species to discover what is similar....

Homology is the science of studying structures that share an evolutionary similarity.