Using eyes made of a calcium carbonate crystal, a simple mollusk may have evolved enough vision to spot potential predators,...
An essential component of animal nervous systems—sodium channels—evolved prior to the evolution of those systems, researchers from The University of...
Scientists studying a unique collection of human skulls have shown that changes to the skull shape thought to have occurred...
New location of critical area provides hints on origin of language. Scientists have long believed that human speech is processed...
Study published in Cell by Allen Institute for Brain Science examines cellular and molecular organization of human and mouse brain....
What is usually seen as pathology may aid survival of the species. Worrying may have evolved along with intelligence as...
Extra copy of brain-development gene allowed neurons to migrate farther and develop more connections; findings may offer clue to autism...
A recently evolved pattern of gene activity in the language and decision-making centers of the human brain is missing in...
Changes to just three genetic letters among billions contributed to the evolution and development of the mammalian motor sensory circuits...
CT scans of fossilized primate skulls or skull fragments from both the Old and New Worlds may shed light on...
UC Santa Barbara scientists turned to the simple sponge to find clues about the evolution of the complex nervous system...
Scientists have now revealed that voltage-gated sodium channels, which are responsible for neuronal signaling in the nerves of animals, evolved twice in higher and lower animals.