Brain Evolution in the News
Tuesday, 14 May 2013
Brain frontal lobes not sole center of human intelligence, comparative research suggests
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130513152827.htm
Thursday, 2 May 2013
Who’re You Calling a Neanderthal?
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/03/opinion/global/Who-Are-You-Calling-a-Neanderthal.html
Monday, 29 April 2013
For Rats, Seasonal Depression Comes In Spring, Not Winter
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112831942/rats-get-depression-in-spring-not-winter-042613/
'Master Gene' Makes Mouse Brain Look More Human
http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2013/04/master-gene-makes-mouse-brain-lo.html
Big brains, no fur, sinuses … are these clues to our ancestors' lives as 'aquatic apes'?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/apr/27/aquatic-ape-theory-primate-evolution
Competing pathways affect early differentiation of higher brain structures
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130426115636.htm
Wednesday, 24 April 2013
Humans and Chimps Evolved Lopsided Brains
http://www.livescience.com/28986-humans-evolved-asymmetric-brains.html
Friday, 19 April 2013
Scientists puzzle over how bat brains and rat brains build mental maps - Science
http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/18/17808967-scientists-puzzle-over-how-bat-brains-and-rat-brains-build-mental-maps
Thursday, 18 April 2013
'Hobbit' had bigger brain than thought
http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/16/17784013-hobbit-had-bigger-brain-than-thought
Monday, 1 April 2013
Brain size didn't drive primate evolution, research suggests
http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/28/17502596-brain-size-didnt-drive-primate-evolution-research-suggests
Saturday, 23 March 2013
Pig Brain Atlas Developed To Provide Clues Into Human Cognitive Development
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112804016/pig-brain-atlas-for-human-cognitive-development-031513/
The Brains of the Animal Kingdom
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323869604578370574285382756.html
Tuesday, 19 March 2013
What a Fish's Brain Says, and Doesn't Say, About Yours
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/nueroscience/what-a-fishs-brain-says-and-doesnt-say-about-yours-15234337
Wednesday, 13 March 2013
Neanderthals Doomed by Vision-Centered Brains
http://www.livescience.com/27850-social-brain-beat-neanderthal-vision.html
Monday, 11 March 2013
Why Humans Get Lost
http://news.discovery.com/human/evolution/why-humans-get-lost-130312.htm
Friday, 8 March 2013
Handedness in Marsupials Is Dependent On Gender
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130305200312.htm
Thursday, 7 March 2013
Human Brain Cells Boost Mouse Memory
http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2013/03/human-brain-cells-boost-mouse-me.html
Monday, 25 February 2013
Has Evolution Given Humans Unique Brain Structures?
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130222120753.htm
Friday, 1 February 2013
Dinosaur Brains Were Little Even In Huge Species, Sauropod Skull Fossil Suggests
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/24/dinosaur-brains-titanosaur-skull-fossil_n_2538912.html
Genome-Wide Atlas of Gene Enhancers in the Brain Online
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130131144415.htm
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