A new study from Northwestern University is reshaping how scientists think about brain evolution. The research suggests that ...

A new study reveals that changes to the gut microbiome can change the way the brain works.

For more than a century, scientists have treated the brain as the undisputed command center of human evolution, with the rest ...

Scientists believe they have uncovered the 'missing link' in human evolution, showing how our species may have evolved.

A pioneering study provides new evidence that gut microbes vary across primate species and can shape physiology in ways associated with differences in brain size and cognitive function A new study sug ...

An international team of researchers, with the involvement of the UAB, has conducted a study that explains the evolutionary ...

Evolution in Real-Time: The Mysterious Growth of the Modern Dog’s Brain ...

A study reveals how seasonal brain shrinking helps some mammals survive winter, offering new insights into brain plasticity ...

A popular idea suggests a link between big brains and a rich social life, but octopuses don't fit the pattern, which suggests ...

THERE are a few body parts that remain the same size from the moment we’re born until the end of our lives. The human body is ...