New research suggests that modern conditions may trace back to Neanderthal skull traits we share with our extinct cousins.

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Keen-eyed internet sleuths have spotted what appears to be a massive skull lurking in the waters of a Canadian Island.

Researchers from Sweden have discovered that the human brain continues to grow new cells in the memory region—called the hippocampus—even into old age. Using advanced tools to examine brain samples ...

Paleoneurobiologist Emiliano Bruner explores the superpower of projecting images and words that has allowed us to make a ...

New neurons in your brain? A landmark study from Karolinska Institutet finds adults keep forming brain cells into the old age ...

Scientists say they have very strong evidence that the adult human brain is capable of making new neurons, a point of ongoing ...

Scientists have found evidence of new brain cells sprouting in adults - a process that many thought only occurred in children ...

Will artificial general intelligence top out at the ceiling of human intelligence? Others say there is no ceiling and our ...

Nearly two million people worldwide have lost the simple ability to feel steady. Now researchers have developed an ...

People with Chiari malformations have a skull shape similar to Neanderthals, suggesting that the condition may be caused by ...