Gray squirrels who have a preference for using either their right or left paw perform worse on learning tasks.
Coupling two approaches of game theory sheds light on how moral norms and selfless behaviors evolved.
NPGL, a recently discovered protein, influences fat storage in the human body, even when on a calorie restricted diet. Researchers believe this mechanism had evolutionary benefits and the protein could be a potential target to treat obesity.
Researchers have shown that complex divisions in the vertebrate brain first appeared before the evolution of jaws, more than 500 million years ago.
Researchers report humans may have destroyed objects to remove their symbolic power up to 5,000 years earlier than previously thought.
A new report reveals how the development of music is so closely tied to our own evolution.
A 2 million year old fossil reveals the hearing patters of our early ancestors resembled that of chimpanzees, a new study reports.
Changes to just three genetic letters among billions contributed to the evolution and development of the mammalian motor sensory circuits...
A new study suggests human suicide could have evolutionary roots in self sacrificial behaviors like those seen in eusocial species.
A capacity for empathy is key in sustaining cooperation between a social group. Findings reveal empathy can evolve through a process of social contagion.
UT Southwestern researchers discover a gene implicated in circadian rhythm may also play a vital role in regulating genes important for our brain evolution.
A new study investigates how laterality helped brain asymmetries evolve throughout human history.
