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

Hormones that fluctuate throughout the menstrual cycle might change the brain's structure, a new study suggests. The study, conducted by researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara ...

In the mice with large-brain primate microbes, the researchers found increased expression of genes associated with energy ...

The microorganisms in our gastrointestinal tract-the gut microbiome, can exert a profound influence on the human body, and ...

The structure of the female brain changes throughout the menstrual cycle, scientists have found. For the first time, researchers at Germany's Max Planck Society have monitored how the brain changes at ...

A new Yale study provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the process differed from the evolution of chimpanzees. For the study, published ...

The longer the thumb, the bigger the brain, evolution study suggests By Pranjal Malewar September 07, 2025 The research found the bigger a primate's brain the longer its thumbs were, affirming a ...

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

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 ...