Human evolution has revolved around food, from identifying and foraging for it to growing and preparing it. Carnegie Mellon University researchers have identified a region in the brain's visual cortex ...

Jean-Jacques Hublin discovered Homo sapiens fossils that pushed back our species’ origins by 100,000 years. Now, in a new ...

In a new study published in Science, a Belgian research team explores how genetic switches controlling gene activity define ...

A new Yale study provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the process differed from the evolution of chimpanzees.

A new Yale study provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the process differed from the evolution of chimpanzees. For the study, published ...

Timing is crucial to many aspects of human performance ... and provide new insights into the evolution of activation in cortical and subcortical systems that are specific to different cognitive ...

Instead, they attest to the complex dance of evolution and the various factors, from genetics to environmental conditions, that cause species to evolve differently. Ultimately, even as our ...

While mice age differently than humans, this comparison roughly mirrors the differences between young adult and older adult human brains. Non-neuronal brain cells called tanycytes illuminated and ...

Researchers outline a bold strategy to scale neuromorphic computing, aiming to match human brain functionality with minimal energy use. This involves developing advanced neuromorphic chips and ...

Ever since religiously motivated attempts to undermine the teaching of evolution in the U.S.’s ... and substantially more is being taught about human evolution, which, as the wording of the ...

The most striking characteristic of this previously unknown human ancestor? An extremely large brain that’s bigger ... the key to solving one of human evolution’s biggest mysteries: a puzzle ...

A physicist’s perspective on human behavior Kenji Itao, a researcher at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science in Japan ... a mathematical model designed to mimic the formation and evolution of human ...