[buntress]

Well, yeah, but ape brains from deceased apes in captivity are probably short-listed for science experiments and not cremation or natural burial.

So it’s probably less difficult than finding a match for an organ donor, no?

I think they have some currency to start a search for samples, with this first stage finding. But really, as we’re finding out, replication will be important too.

[SubiculumCode]

Let's say you have rats and human brain samples and are ready to present a finding. Do you hold off until you find an ape brain, find expertise in dealing with ape brains (if reqiured), deal with IRB issues related to using those materials, run the tests, then publish? Obviously not. You use this preliminary work to run a more definitive series of experiments. This is how science works..as a series of studies, not a single definitive study.