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·August 11, 2016·5 min read

How Did Primate Brains Get So Big?

A new study sheds light on how the primate brain evolved and intelligence developed.

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·August 11, 2016·6 min read

Total Number of Neurons, Not Enlarged Prefrontal Region, the Hallmark of the Human Brain

Researchers have determined that the human brain has the highest number of cortical neurons of any primate brain, but the prefrontal region contains the same proportion of neurons and fills the same relative volume as that of non-human primates.

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·August 8, 2016·3 min read

Gut Bacteria Have Own Circadian Clock

Researchers report our gut bacteria is sensitive to melatonin and expresses its own circadian rhythm.

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·August 4, 2016·6 min read

Human-Neanderthal Gene Variance is Involved in Autism

Researchers report a specific gene structure emerged recently and with unprecedented speed.

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·August 1, 2016·4 min read

Voice Control in Orangutan Gives Clues to Early Human Speech

Rocky the Orangutan may help researchers better understand how human speech evolved from the time of the great apes.

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·July 6, 2016·6 min read

Cracking the Meaning of Monkey Calls

A team of linguistics have teamed up with primatologists to crack the meaning of monkey calls.

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·June 24, 2016·4 min read

Nasty or Nice? Math Model Explains Why Some Individuals Are Nicer Than Others

Researchers have designed a new math model that could help explain social behaviors in a number of difference species.

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·June 20, 2016·5 min read

Testing The Theory of How Rods in the Retina Originated

A new study reports the retinas from our earliest vertebrate ancestors had cone like receptors, allowing them to see both in daylight and at night.

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·June 10, 2016·4 min read

The Primate Brain is Pre-Adapted to Face Potentially Any Situation

According to researchers, the primate brain anticipates for all new situations by creating a special kind of neural network that is pre-adapted to face any eventuality.