Brain Evolution in the News
Thursday, 28 November 2013
Eat Crow If You Think I'm a Bird-Brain
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/11/131128103835.htm
Saturday, 16 November 2013
Scientists create detailed map of dinosaur brain
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/nov/13/scientists-map-dinosaur-brain-tyrannosaurus-rex
Fashion Camera Brings Primate Brains To The Internet
http://www.popsci.com/article/technology/how-fashion-camera-democratized-primate-brain-research
Tuesday, 29 October 2013
Drought followed by brain: How climate change spurred evolution of human intelligence
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/drought-followed-by-brain-how-climate-change-spurred-evolution-of-human-intelligence-8884863.html
Eeek, Snake! Your Brain Has A Special Corner Just For Them
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/10/28/241370496/eeek-snake-your-brain-has-a-special-corner-just-for-them?sc=17&f
Monday, 21 October 2013
Fossil shows ancient 'mega-clawed' creature had brain like a spider
http://www.nbcnews.com/science/fossil-shows-ancient-mega-clawed-creature-had-brain-spider-8C11405508
Friday, 11 October 2013
Part of Brain That Makes Humans and Primates Social Creatures May Play Similar Role in Carnivores
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131008112543.htm
What evolved first—a dexterous hand or an agile foot?
http://phys.org/news/2013-10-evolved-firsta-dexterous-agile-foot.html
Primate Brains Follow Predictable Developmental Pattern
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131008102559.htm
Primate Brain Evolution Explained as Consequence of Same Genetic Program
http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/10036/20131008/primate-brain-evolution-explained-consequence-same-genetic-program.htm
Thursday, 19 September 2013
New Map Of Bird Brains Finds Fundamental Similarities To Mammalian Brains
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112950780/new-map-of-bird-brains-09813
Thursday, 5 September 2013
Archaeopteryx was no birdbrain, but neither was it bird brained
http://www.theguardian.com/science/lost-worlds/2013/aug/08/dinosaurs-fossils
Authors suggest denial, including about the climate, is embedded in human species
http://www.straight.com/news/407166/authors-suggest-denial-including-about-climate-embedded-human-species
Optical Illusions: Your Brain Is Way Ahead of You
http://news.discovery.com/human/evolution/optical-illusions-you-brain-way-ahead-130823.htm
Are We Causing Animals to Grow Bigger Brains?
http://news.discovery.com/animals/animals-humans-brain-size-environment-130823.htm
Language and tool-making skills evolved at same time, study says
http://phys.org/news/2013-09-language-tool-making-skills-evolved.html
Thursday, 18 July 2013
Bird Brained: Researchers Discover ‘Common Blueprint’ Between Human and Bird Brains
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/491490/20130717/human-bird-brains-similar-wiring-evolution-common.htm
Planarians Don't Just Regenerate Their Heads, They Regenerate Their Memories
http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/8128/20130712/planarian-dont-regenerate-heads-memories-video.htm
Tuesday, 16 July 2013
Hobbits’ Size Not Likely Linked to Growth Disorders
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/16/science/hobbits-size-not-likely-linked-to-growth-disorders.html
Tuesday, 9 July 2013
Neandertals Shared Speech and Language With Modern Humans, StudySuggests.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130709115252.htm
Thursday, 4 July 2013
In Fish Brains, A Clue To Why We Talk With Our Hands
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-07/fish-brains-clue-why-we-gesticulate-when-we-talk
Thursday, 27 June 2013
Study confirms social brain theory
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23045905
Friday, 21 June 2013
Most detailed 3D map of human brain
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/10133452/Most-detailed-3D-map-of-human-brain.html
Tuesday, 11 June 2013
The Brain Science Behind Our Obsession With Tools
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/nueroscience/the-brain-science-behind-our-obsession-with-tools-15549633
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
With Evolved Brains, Robots Creep Closer To Animal-Like Learning
http://www.fastcompany.com/3005313/evolved-brains-robots-creep-closer-animal-learning
Saturday, 12 January 2013
Human Intelligence Secrets Revealed by Chimp Brains
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=human-intelligence-secret
Crows Really Are Mind-Readers
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/01/crows-really-are-mind-readers/
Big Brains: What You and (Some) Guppies Have in Common
http://science.time.com/2013/01/08/big-brains-what-you-and-some-guppies-have-in-common/?hpt=hp_bn16
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