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A 2-year-old human's brain is _____ percent of the adult brain's weight.

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Surprisingly, an infant's brain has almost fully-developed, mass-wise, by the time of birth. At the age of 2, it is already 75% of the full adult mass. Many of the neurons that will be needed in adulthood are already present, and some pruning or specialization is already taking place at this early stage.
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