FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·May 10, 2022·4 min readComplex Human Childbirth and Cognitive Abilities a Result of Walking UprightBipedalism dramatically reshaped the hominin pelvis into a real birth canal. Researchers report Australopithecus had complex birth patterns compared to Great Apes and were likely to have practiced co-operative breeding.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·December 18, 2018·5 min readPeering Into Little Foot’s 3.76 Million Year Old BrainResearchers create the first endocast reconstruction of nearly the complete brain of the hominin Little Bigfoot. The brain, researchers report, is relatively small and combines both ape like and human like features.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·June 25, 2018·4 min readCranium of a Four Million Year Old Hominin Shows Similarities to That of Modern HumansResearchers report the cranium of a 4 million year old hominin shows striking similarity to that of modern humans.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 1, 2016·2 min readBloodthirsty Brains: Study Challenges Evolutionary Development of the Human BrainAn increase in blood supply appears to be linked closely to the evolution of human intelligence, a new study reports.Read More
