Thus, inhibition center developed humans temporal lobe, turn off much — Carl Sagan, Dragons Eden: Speculations Evolution Human Intelligence

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Thus, an inhibition center developed below what in humans is the temporal lobe, to turn off much of the functioning of the reptilian brain; and an activation center evolved in the pons to turn on the R-complex, but harmlessly, during sleep.

Carl Sagan, Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence

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