Health and Fitness What Makes Us Human? Unique Brain Area Linked to Higher Cognitive Powers by Gary Kopycinski on January 30, 2014 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Health and Fitness: On Hantavirus, Park Forest Officials Urge Caution May 18, 2026 Rep. Kelly Condemns FDA Approval of Flavored E-Cigarettes May 6, 2026 Park Forest Aligns With Illinois Guidance on Childhood Vaccines Amid Federal Changes January 11, 2026 UKâ(ENEWSPF)–29 January 2014. Oxford University researchers have identified an area of the human brain that appears unlike anything in the brains of some of our closest relatives.