“Seeing Lucy’s face is like glimpsing a bridge to the distant past, offering a visual connection to human evolution,” Brazil’s Cicero Moraes, a pioneer in the field of forensic facial reconstructions, ...

However, measures of size don't tell us anything about the internal organization ... This insight underscores the complexity ...

It wasn’t the size of human brains that distinguished people from apes, he theorized, but the way they were organized. He ...

Two specific genes that evolve exclusively in humans jointly influence the development of the cerebrum. Researchers have provided evidence that these genes contribute together to the evolutionary ...

Modern humans, Neanderthals, and other recent relatives on our human family tree evolved bigger brains much more rapidly than earlier species, a new study of human brain evolution has found.

Why Is Animal Size So Important? Now, finally, we are in an 'evo-devo' age where great advances have been made in understanding how gene expression influences brain development and evolution.

At the same time, their gene families related to brain development ... such as body size or colour. Additionally, genomic features, such as the duplication of genes, can help the evolution of ...

The authors of a new study published in the journal Nature Communications believe they found the answer, and it’s likely tied to the weather and environment experienced by hominin species throughout ...

Over 100,000 years ago, a mysterious group of ancient humans walked the lands of eastern Asia. Known as the Juluren—meaning ...

A turning point in their evolution was the development of larger brains, which in turn led to changes in the size and shape of ... they saw that as brain and skull sizes increased in non-avian ...

C. Evolution of eye size and shape in primates. Journal of Human Evolution 52, 294-313 (2007). Ross, C. F. & Ravosa, M. J. Basicranial flexion, relative brain size, and facial kyphosis in nonhuman ...

Some of the leading brains behind generative AI have warned about the risk of artificial superintelligence wiping out ...