Human Accelerated Region 1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_accelerated_region_1

Article

  • HAR1 is a genomic region that evolved rapidly in humans after diverging from chimps
  • Conserved for ~300M years in other vertebrates but changed dramatically in humans
  • Associated with brain development during embryogenesis

Discussion

  • Single notable comment: human brain is a scaled-up primate brain with significant architectural changes

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Added Apr 17, 2026
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