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OCR: Human and Animal Brains Brain size is related to body size in both humans and animals. A 100 lb (45 kg) chimpanzee has brain of about cubic in (400 cubic cm) in volume The brain ofa 300lb (135 kg) gorilla is about 30 cubicin (500 cubic cm). The brain of modern 150lb (70 kg) human IS about 85 cubic in (1400 cubic cm) But brain size even compared I with body size is not an absolute indication of intelligence. monkey brain Weighs between one fifteenth and one twentieth of the body. while a human being's weighs about one fortieth Neanderthal Man, our extinct primitive relative who was slightly shorter than we are had a brain averaging 90 cubic ir (1500 cubic cm) in volume larger than ours The largest brains of any creatures are the brains of whales which can be as great as 400 cubic in (7000 c ...