The human brain evolves generation by generation. In the present paper I discover, by means of theoretical research into the process of gene transmitting and inheriting of a typical family (a family without loss of its any genes), that the bio-quantum computational speed (the Grover Iterations per second) of mankind increases in the human hereditary process. That means that the ability of the human brain (the central processing unit of biological information and controller of biological process of humans) to control bio-quantum computation strengthens or develops in the human hereditary process. This is the bio-quantum evolution of the human brain. Thus, this work explores the bio-quantum mechanical nature of human brain evolution.
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