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by pazimzadeh 1627 days ago
A strange idea but theoretically possible. Although it wasn't one of the genes targeted in this study, humans are the only animals which have the Neu4Ac form of the sialic acid sugar, instead of Neu5Ac, and the brain is one of the regions that is most heavily sialiated in humans and could be one of the things that sets us apart.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/pmc/articles/PMC7153325/