Could social bonds be the key to human big brains? A study of the fossil teeth of early Homo from Georgia dating back 1.77 million years reveals a prolonged childhood despite a small brain and an ...

The temporal lobe - a key area of our brain responsible for our memory and communication - could also reveal hidden clues ...

And for tens of thousands of years the products of the human brain have accumulated in almost a parallel course in evolution to the changes in our bodies and brains. These memes can be anything ...

The brains of today's birds facilitate a level of cognitive prowess and behavioral complexity rivaled only by mammals. But ...

Birds descended from the dinosaurs, but researchers have known relatively little about how the bird's brain took shape over ...

Putting together the puzzle of human evolution sometimes comes down to about 32 pieces–our teeth. Several fossil teeth dating ...

Researchers have uncovered how social interactions influence brain development in common marmosets, drawing parallels with ...

T he large, capable human brain is a marvel of evolution, but how it evolved from a smaller primate brain into the creative, ...

The development of primate brains is shaped by various inputs. However, these inputs differ between independent breeders, ...

The brain requires 20 percent of a human’s ... We have gotten so good at processing foods that for the first time in human evolution, many humans are getting more calories than they burn in ...

Compared to the great apes, humans have an exceptionally long childhood, during which parents, grandparents and other adults contribute to their physical and cognitive development. This is a key ...