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·July 17, 2017·6 min read

Humans Hardwired to Lean to the Right While Kissing the World Over

Researchers suggest that, regardless of where we are from in the world, humans are hardwired to lean to the right when kissing a romantic partner. The findings could have wider implications for neuroscience and cognitive sciences, the researchers report.

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·November 15, 2016·4 min read

Autism and Human Evolutionary Success

A new study reveals people with autism played an important role in their social groups through human evolution because of their unique skills and talents.

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·December 18, 2018·5 min read

Peering Into Little Foot’s 3.76 Million Year Old Brain

Researchers 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.

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·October 22, 2018·5 min read

Drug Cocktail that Increases Lifespan Discovered

Researchers have discovered a combination of drugs that not only appear to increase the lifespan of C. elegans, but also delay the rate of aging. The findings lay the groundwork for researching drug combinations that could produce the same effect in humans.

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·December 3, 2014·4 min read

Scientists Detect Brain Network That Gives Humans Superior Reasoning Skills

Researchers report the frontoparietal network plays a key role in why humans have superior reasoning skills.

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·June 3, 2019·5 min read

Fathers aid development of larger brains

Reliable and stable paternal care is correlated with the evolution of larger brains in their offspring.

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·September 16, 2017·7 min read

Unveiling the Mystery of Why We Age

Researchers have identified genes that contribute to autophagy. The findings shed light on the origins of the aging process and provide evidence that aging arises as a quirk of evolution.

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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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·January 25, 2021·3 min read

Stimulating Brain Pathways Shows Origins of Human Language and Memory

The evolutionary development for both human and primate brains may have been similar for communication and memory.

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·May 26, 2016·9 min read

The Evolution of Complex Connectivity in Speech Networks

A new paper considers how the complex speech networks in the brain may have evolved.

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·December 30, 2016·5 min read

Ancient DNA Can Both Diminish and Defend Modern Minds

A new study raises the question of whether a genetic mutation associated with neurodegeneration in one environment could act in a positive way in a different setting.