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·July 16, 2010·2 min read

Protective Brain Hypothesis Confirmed – Larger Brains Live Longer

Large brains have been correlated with longevity in some animals. Despite many problems created by large brains such as energy consumption and birthing difficulties, species with large brains have been shown to live longer than those with smaller brains.

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·April 14, 2011·3 min read

Eyes Made of Rock Let Chitons See Predators

Using eyes made of a calcium carbonate crystal, a simple mollusk may have evolved enough vision to spot potential predators,...

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·December 20, 2011·2 min read

Human Skull Study Causes Evolutionary Headache

Scientists studying a unique collection of human skulls have shown that changes to the skull shape thought to have occurred...

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·March 12, 2012·3 min read

Extensive Taste Loss in Mammals

Scientists from the Monell Center report that seven of 12 related mammalian species have lost the sense of sweet taste....

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·June 13, 2012·4 min read

Inner Ear May Hold Key to Ancient Primate Behavior

CT scans of fossilized primate skulls or skull fragments from both the Old and New Worlds may shed light on...

The image is a pencil drawing of a head with a colorized computer component brain area.

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·January 30, 2013·2 min read

Engineers Solve a Biological Mystery and Boost Artificial Intelligence

Simulating 25,000 generations of evolution within computers, researchers discover why biological networks tend to be organized as modules, a finding that will lead to a deeper understanding of the evolution of complexity.

The image is a drawing of Leonardo da Vinci. named proportions of the head.

Featured Neuroscience

·February 21, 2013·2 min read

Where Does Our Head Come From?

New research has shed light on the evolutionary origin of the head.Researchers showed that in a simple, brainless sea anemone, the same genes that control head development in higher animals regulate the development of the front end of the swimming larvae.

This is a pencil drawing of a cardinal singing.

Featured Psychology

·February 21, 2013·5 min read

How Human Language Could Have Evolved from Birdsong

Linguistics and biology researchers propose a new theory on the deep roots of human speech. A new study suggests human language is a grafting of two communication forms found elsewhere in the animal kingdom: first, the elaborate songs of birds, and second, the more utilitarian, information-bearing types of expression seen in a diversity of other animals.

the image shows different fmri scans of the cerebral cortex.

Featured Neuroscience

·February 22, 2013·2 min read

Has Evolution Given Humans Unique Brain Structures?

Comparing fMRI scans of human brains and those of rhesus monkeys, researchers believe they have new evidence which proves humans have unique cortical brain networks.