Birdsong and human speech turn out to be controlled by the same genes

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2014/12/11/birdsong-and-human-speech-turn-out-to-be-controlled-by-the-same-genes/

How Did Brains Evolve?

http://io9.com/how-did-brains-evolve-1653897356

The smart mouse with the half-human brain

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26639-the-smart-mouse-with-the-halfhuman-brain.html

Scientists Detect Brain Network That Gives Humans Superior Reasoning Skills

http://neurosciencenews.com/neuropsychology-reasoning-evolution-1593/

Neural 3-D compass discovered in mammalian brain

http://phys.org/news/2014-12-neural-d-compass-mammalian-brain.html

Dogs’ brains may process speech similar to humans’

www.sciencenews.org/blog/science-ticker/dogs-brains-may-process-speech-similar-humans

Do animals have emotions?

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/nov/13/if-only-they-could-talk-?CMP=twt_gu

Handedness, a conspicuous but enigmatic human trait, may be shared by other animals. What does it mean for evolution and brain function?

http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/40868/title/On-the-Other-Hand/

Humans big brains might be due in part to newly identified protein

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-11-humans-big-brains-due-newly.html

Unexpected Complexity in a Spider’s Tiny Brain

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/11/04/science/mapping-the-tiny-brain-of-the-aristocrat-of-arachnids.html?referrer=&_r=0

Did Stone Age tools forge the beginnings of language?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2791039/did-stone-age-tools-forge-beginnings-language-making-hand-axes-helped-region-brain-associated-speech-evolve.html

Dolphins are not as smart as you think, say scientists. Sorry, dolphin lovers

http://www.techtimes.com/articles/17263/20141007/dolphins-are-not-as-smart-as-you-think-say-scientists-sorry-dolphin-lovers.htm

‘Inner GPS’ Of Bird Brains May Be Better Than That Of Humans

http://www.science20.com/the_conversation/inner_gps_of_bird_brains_may_be_better_than_that_of_humans-146757

Dinosaurs breathed through their noses to cool their BRAINS - and discovered their surroundings using heavy, moist sniffs

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2795925/dinosaurs-breathed-noses-cool-brains-assessed-surroundings-using-heavy-moist-sniffs.html#ixzz3GPWk5ZDD

Eye evolution: a snapshot in time

http://www.nanowerk.com/news2/biotech/newsid=35968.php

Unexpectedly speedy expansion of human, ape cerebellum

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/10/141002123629.htm

Killer whales learn to communicate like dolphins

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/10/141007111055.htm

Monkey leaders and followers have 'specialised brains'

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-29013592

Taung Child’s Skull and Brain Not Human-Like in Expansion

http://neurosciencenews.com/evolution-taung-child-neurodevelopment-1262/

New study finds that elephants evolved the most discerning nose of any mammal

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/new-study-finds-that-elephants-evolved-the-most-discerning-nose-of-any-mammal/2014/07/22/8b715a1e-11b1-11e4-8936-26932bcfd6ed_story.html

Will genomics soon explain the human brain gain?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140709095342.htm

Neanderthals Got Their Big Brains On Their Own

http://io9.com/neanderthals-got-their-big-brains-on-their-own-1593713819

Scientists show how bigger brains could help us see better

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-06-scientists-bigger-brains.html

Lori Marino: Leader of a Revolution in How We Perceive Animals

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/innovators/2014/05/140528-lori-marino-dolphins-animals-personhood-blackfish-taiji-science-world/

Primates and patience -- the evolutionary roots of self control

www.sciencecodex.com/primates_and_patience_the_evolutionary_roots_of_self_control-133591

Humans Evolved Weak Muscles to Feed Brain's Growth, Study Suggests

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/05/140527-brain-muscle-metabolism-genes-apes-science

Strange Findings on Comb Jellies Uproot Animal Family Tree

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/05/140521-comb-jelly-ctenophores-oldest-animal-family-tree-science/

Your brain is smaller than a caveman’s. Here’s why

http://t.co/lc1vukFTau

Whales Can't Taste Anything But Salt

http://news.sciencemag.org/biology/2014/05/whales-cant-taste-anything-salt

What’s Special, or Not, about Human Brain Anatomy

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/talking-back/2014/05/06/whats-special-or-not-about-human-brain-anatomy

Can Whales and Dolphins Make Mental Maps?

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2014/04/24/can-whales-and-dolphins-make-mental-maps

Size Of Animal’s Brain Matters When It Comes To Self-control

http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1113126675/size-of-animals-brain-matters-when-it-comes-to-self-control/

Why we get autism but our Neanderthal cousins didn't

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25443-why-we-get-autism-but-our-neanderthal-cousins-didnt.html#.U1FA8sfc0wk

'Homo' is the only primate whose tooth size decreases as its brain size increases

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140403095415.htm

First Map of Developing Human Brain Created

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/first-map-of-developing-human-brain-created

Eyeless Fish Navigates with Mouth Suction

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/inkfish/2014/04/01/eyeless-fish-navigates-with-mouth-suction/

Searching For The Elephant’s Genius Inside the Largest Brain on Land

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/brainwaves/2014/02/26/searching-for-the-elephants-genius-inside-the-largest-brain-on-land/

Brain Evolution: Neurogenomics Targets the Genes That Make Us Human

http://www.dana.org/News/Brain_Evolution/

MRI Reveals Genetic Activity

http://neurosciencenews.com/mri-genetics-memory-learning-886/

Severity of Autism Linked to Gene for Brain Evolution

http://guardianlv.com/2014/03/severity-of-autism-linked-to-gene-for-brain-evolution/

Scientists are alarmed by shrinking of the human brain

http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-evolution-human-origins/scientists-are-alarmed-shrinking-human-brain-001446

Famous Breast Cancer Gene Could Affect Brain Growth

http://news.sciencemag.org/biology/2014/03/famous-breast-cancer-gene-could-affect-brain-growth

Stupider With Monogamy

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/27/science/stupider-with-monogamy.html

Neanderthals could speak, archaeologists say

http://www.haaretz.com/mobile/1.580384

Pigheaded: How Smart are Swine?

http://modernfarmer.com/2014/03/pigheaded-smart-swine/

Fossil Whale Offers Clues to Origins of 'Seeing With Sound'

http://news.sciencemag.org/paleontology/2014/03/fossil-whale-offers-clues-origins-seeing-sound

Why Do Animals Dance?

http://www.slate.com/blogs/wild_things/2014/02/18/dancing_animal_videos_scientists_study_the_evolution_of_rhythm.html

Do lobsters and other invertebrates feel pain? New research has some answers.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/do-lobsters-and-other-invertebrates-feel-pain-new-research-has-some-answers/2014/03/07/f026ea9e-9e59-11e3-b8d8-94577ff66b28_story.html

Bird study finds females have a better sense of direction

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/bird-study-finds-females-have-a-better-sense-of-direction/article17129872/

Food for thought: devouring brains with neuroscientists

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-02/27/brain-banquet

Study reveals evolution at work: Analyses elucidate a part of the brain particular to primates

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-02-reveals-evolution-analyses-elucidate-brain.html

Caffeine in flowers helps boost a bee's memory, say scientists

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/0307/Caffeine-in-flowers-helps-boost-a-bee-s-memory-say-scientists

David Barash – What’s the point of consciousness?

http://aeon.co/magazine/being-human/david-barash-evolution-consciousness/

Brain Scans Show Striking Similarities Between Dogs and Humans

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2014/02/dog-brains-vocal-processing

Talk is cheep: Do caged birds sing a key to language?

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22129550.500-talk-is-cheep-do-caged-birds-sing-a-key-to-language.html

Monkeys Raised On Omega-3-Rich Diet Have Well-Structured Brains

http://www.popsci.com/article/science/monkeys-raised-omega-3-rich-diet-have-well-structured-brains