Scientists have unearthed in southeastern China the fossil of a quail-sized bird that lived about 150 million years ago ...

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

Researchers discovered how genetic switches shaped human brain evolution by fine-tuning shared gene expression.

A new Yale study provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the ...

While enterprise AI adoption obviously comes with challenges, NVIDIA is taking an end-to-end full stack approach to ...

Scientists warn of 'worrying' increase in microplastic levels in human brain - Brains of people with dementia shows greater ...

And the direct relationship between brain size and loneliness adds compelling weight to certain theories of human evolution. For example, the social brain hypothesis, proposed by evolutionary ...

including the size of the birds' main computation centers for smartness and nimbleness. The discovery was made possible by comparing historical microscopic sections of the brain with digital ...

"Australopithecus provides critical insights into the evolution of bipedal locomotion and early tool use. While their brains were smaller than ours, their relative brain size was slightly larger ...

JOHANNESBURG — Breaking new ground in our understanding of early human diet and evolution, scientists have discovered ... including increased brain size and reduced gut size. Many researchers believed ...

Picturing how our species might appear in the far future often invites wild speculation over stand-out features such as height, brain size, and skin complexion. Yet subtle shifts in our anatomy today ...