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 ...

Jurassic bird fossil discovery of a species named Baminornis zhenghensis pushes bird evolution timeline back 20 million years ...

Knowing a little more about how biological vision works can help students to recognize what’s behind the arc of computer ...

A new study reveals how AI-driven deep learning models can decode the genetic regulatory switches that define brain cell ...

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 ...

That made many scientists dismissive,” says Rebecca Rogers Ackermann, co-director of the Human Evolution Research ... First, it had a small brain — equivalent to or smaller than a gorilla ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...