Twins have been rare in human history and for that reason can seem special. Many cultures associate twins with health and ...

The discovery site at East Farm, Barnham, England lies hidden within a disused clay pit tucked away in the wooded landscape between Thetford and Bury St Edmunds. Professor Nick Ashton from the British ...

Researchers say they’ve uncovered new evidence in present-day England that could reshape our understanding of human evolution ...

A research study in Europe says modern dog breeds have brains larger than those of ancient breeds. Here's the surprising ...

Human evolution is often told as a tidy story of adaptation, yet some of our most familiar body parts still defy ...

Artificial intelligence systems that are designed with a biologically inspired architecture can simulate human brain activity ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

In a new study, researchers discovered that the human brain has four pivotal periods when it goes through marked changes, sparking five "epochs" that last for years. The adolescent phase, for example, ...

The human brain experiences five distinct eras as we age, and each is defined by changes in our neural architecture that influence how we process information, new research shows. The brain changes ...

Tal Sharf (right, senior author), Tjiste van der Molen (middle, postdoctoral researcher), and Greg Kaurala (left, staff researcher). Humans have long wondered when and how we begin to form thoughts.

Until Homo floresiensis was discovered, scientists assumed that the evolution of the human lineage was defined by bigger and bigger brains. Via a process called encephalization, human brains evolved ...