In comparing sheep brains and human brains, one notes that, in humans, ________.

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The fornix, a C-shaped bundle of nerve fibers in the brain that acts as the major output tract of the hippocampus, is indeed thinner than the corpus callosum, the thick band of nerve fibers that divides the cerebral cortex lobes into left and right hemispheres, in humans compared to sheep brains. This reflects differences in the structure and function of these brain areas between the species.

In Comparing Sheep Brains and Human Brains, One Notes That