For thousands of years, spoken language has set humans apart from all other species. The ability to convey complex ideas, ...

The secrets of human brain evolution are beginning to be unveiled thanks to a recent study. Researchers have explored key ...

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

What makes the human brain unique? A Yale study unlocks new insights into genetic changes that shaped our evolution.

Postdoctoral scholar Daniela Soto has earned a prestigious fellowship from HHMI with eight years of funding to study the ...

Current methods used to quantify brain size and compartmental scaling relationships in studies of social insect brain evolution involve manual annotations of images from histological samples, confocal ...

The scientists are proposing that the human ancestor, which had an extremely large brain bigger than that of modern humans, be called Homo juluensis. The designation of a newly identified species ...

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 ...

“If you think about what we might expect humans to accomplish in an area like biology in 100 years, I think a doubling of the human lifespan is not at all crazy,” he said yesterday (Jan ...