A new study, published July 6, 2026, in the journal Nature Communications, suggests that two of the best-known trends in ...

What makes the human brain capable of language, imagination, mathematics and invention? For many years, the prevailing view ...

A new study has examined how mothers influence the size of their child's head—and, as a result, brain size and future ...

For nearly 30 years, a landmark study shaped how scientists understood the relationship between brain and body size in ...

Humans, who are classified among the five great apes, are closest genetically, i.e., DNA similarity, to chimpanzees (98.8%-99%) and bonobos (98.8%). [Blueringmedia ...

Our brains are large compared with other animals, so it is tempting to assume there was an evolutionary advantage to them – ...

A new landmark study has uncovered evidence that challenges the long-held beliefs about human evolution.

The placenta and the hormones it produces may have played a crucial role in the evolution of the human brain, while also leading to the behavioral traits that have made human societies able to thrive ...

How did humans get such big brains – the answer might lie in the gut. A recent study from Northwestern University in the US is the first to show that gut microbes from different animals can shape ...

What unique processes conspire to create a healthy, functional human brain? How can we be so genetically similar to, say, chimpanzees, and yet be light-years more sophisticated cognitively and ...