FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·August 4, 2017·4 min readOrigin of Human Genus May Have Occurred By ChanceStudy challenges conventional ideas about why our human ancestors became smarter and more sophisticated.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·June 26, 2017·4 min readFossil Sheds Light on the Origin of the NeocortexA new study reveals an early relative of mammals possessed an expanded brain with a neocortex like structure. The researchers reported the neocortex like structure developed in a late Permian therapsid 25 million years prior to the emergence of the first mammals.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·June 20, 2017·5 min readThe Story of Music is the Story of HumansA new report reveals how the development of music is so closely tied to our own evolution.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·February 11, 2017·3 min readMonkey Fights Help Explain Tipping Points in Animal SocietiesFour or five angry monkeys at one time can cause the social system to destabilize and cause massive fights to break out, researchers report.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·February 11, 2017·5 min readBroken Pebbles Offer Clues to Paleolithic Funeral RitualsResearchers report humans may have destroyed objects to remove their symbolic power up to 5,000 years earlier than previously thought.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 11, 2017·4 min readGenetic Opposites Attract When Chimpanzees Choose a MateA new study reports chimps are more likely to select mates whose genetic makeup differs most from their own.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·November 27, 2016·5 min readUpward Mobility Boosts Immunity in MonkeysA new study in rhesus monkeys shows the stress of a lower social status can alter the immune system, even in the absence of other risk factors.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosOpen Neuroscience Articles·October 28, 2016·5 min readFossilized Dinosaur Brain Tissue Identified for the First TimeResearchers have identified the first example of fossilized brain tissue from a dinosaur.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·October 1, 2016·4 min readFrom Pokemon Go to Birdwatching: How We Express Our Inner HunterFrom Pokemon Go to wildlife photography and birdwatching, a new study reports many humans have an innate interest in finding and catching prey.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·December 14, 2015·3 min readHumans Evolved to Get Better Quality Sleep in Less TimeA new study reports we evolved to be more efficient sleepers than our closest animal relatives.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·September 25, 2015·4 min readTwo Million Year Old Fossils Reveal Hearing Abilities of Early HumansA 2 million year old fossil reveals the hearing patters of our early ancestors resembled that of chimpanzees, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 10, 2015·7 min readDiscovery of Homo naledi Raises Questions About Our Evolutionary PastThe discovery of a new species of hominin opens the door to a new way of thinking about our ancient ancestors, researchers report.Read More
