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·May 26, 2021·6 min read

Amazon Indigenous Group’s Lifestyle May Hold a Key to Slowing Down Aging

The Tsimane, an indigenous people from the Bolivian Amazon, have less brain atrophy than American aging adults, a new study reports. Additionally, the decrease in their brain volume associated with aging is 70% less than seen in older American adults.

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·May 10, 2021·7 min read

Reading Minds to Understand Human Tool Use

Combining brain imaging data with machine learning, researchers make new discoveries about how the brain controls the hand. The findings could lead to the development of more advanced neuroprosthetics.

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·May 6, 2021·4 min read

The Cerebellum May Have Played an Important Role in the Evolution of the Human Brain

The cerebellum underwent evolutionary changes that may have contributed to the development of language, culture, and tool use in humans, a new study reveals.

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·April 10, 2021·5 min read

A Discovery That “Literally Changes the Textbook”

Study of gar fish reveals the modern eye-brain connection may have evolved much earlier than previously believed.

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·April 9, 2021·5 min read

Masculine Traits Linked to Better Parenting For Some Dads

Some traditional masculine stereotypes, such as being adventurous and competitive, were linked to being better fathers to infant children. This is especially true if men also adopt a nurturing role. However, one trait, hostile sexism, was not linked to improvements in parenting skills.

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·April 8, 2021·3 min read

Modern Human Brain Originated In Africa Around 1.7 Million Years Ago

Computer tomography reveals modern human brain structures only originated between 1.5 to 1.7 million years ago in African Homo populations.

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·March 24, 2021·5 min read

How Humans Develop Larger Brains Than Other Apes

Using brain organoid models, researchers have identified how the brain grows much larger and has three times as many neurons, as the brains of chimpanzees and gorillas.

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·March 17, 2021·10 min read

New Technique Reveals Genes Underlying Human Evolution

A new technique which involves fusing human and chimpanzee skin cells that have been modified to act like stem cells, allowed researchers to identify two novel genetic differences between humans and chimps.

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·March 3, 2021·4 min read

Evolution Drives Autism and Other Conditions to Occur Much More Frequently in Boys

Hereditary forces that have evolved over millions of years favor mate selection and reproduction in the early years of male sexual maturity at the expense of longer-term well-being. This may explain why females tend to live longer and are less vulnerable to certain health and developmental disorders.

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·March 1, 2021·5 min read

Neanderthals Had the Capacity to Perceive and Produce Human Speech

A new study reveals Neanderthals had the ability to perceive and produce human speech.

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·March 1, 2021·5 min read

The Human Brain Grew as a Result of the Extinction of Large Animals

Study reveals the extinction of larger animals led to an increase in the volume of the human brain, and ultimately the development of language in early humans.

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·February 22, 2021·4 min read

A Healthy Sense of Disgust Can Prevent Sickness

Exposure to unpleasant stimuli that might make you feel queasy or disgusted may be evolution's way of keeping us healthy and helping us to avoid infection.

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