Scientists splice human genes into monkey brains to make them bigger, smarter

https://nypost.com/2020/11/19/scientists-make-bigger-monkey-brains-using-human-genes/?utm_source=NYPTwitter&utm_medium=SocialFlow&utm_campaign=SocialFlow

Reviewing past neuroscience research that explores the neural mechanisms of aggression

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-11-neuroscience-explores-neural-mechanisms-aggression.html

The evolution of intelligence: Do we know how to study it?

https://medium.com/@nwiggenhauser/the-evolution-of-intelligence-8b25cc674c87

A Black Biologist Pioneered Animal Intelligence Research, but His Work Was Buried

https://gizmodo.com/a-black-biologist-pioneered-animal-intelligence-researc-1845519880/amp?utm_medium=sharefromsite&utm_source=gizmodo_twitter&__twitter_impression=true

Why bird brains are more brilliant than anyone suspected

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/10/why-bird-brains-are-more-brilliant-anyone-suspected

Happiness and the evolution of brain size

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-10-happiness-evolution-brain-size.html

New neuron type discovered only in primate brains

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-10-neuron-primate-brains.amp?__twitter_impression=true

Evolutionary and Heritable Axes Shape Our Brain

https://neurosciencenews.com/evolution-brain-shape-17093/

Primate brain size does not predict their intelligence

https://phys.org/news/2020-09-primate-brain-size-intelligence.html

Researchers show conscious processes in birds' brains for the first time

https://phys.org/news/2020-09-conscious-birds-brains.html

How the seasons might influence brain size

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/sep/18/how-the-seasons-might-influence-brain-size

When did we become fully human? What fossils and DNA tell us about the evolution of modern intelligence

https://theconversation.com/when-did-we-become-fully-human-what-fossils-and-dna-tell-us-about-the-evolution-of-modern-intelligence-143717

The Length of the Neurogenic Period Is a Key Determinant for Brain Size

https://neurosciencenews.com/neurogenic-brain-size-16969/

Size matters: Bigger brains equal more complex hand movements in primates

https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/primate-brain-size.amp.html?__twitter_impression=true

Yale to lead international team studying brain evolution

https://news.yale.edu/2020/08/17/yale-lead-international-team-studying-brain-evolution

The human brain: not just large but finely shaped

https://phys.org/news/2020-07-human-brain-large-finely.html

We May Have 'Recycled' a Key Region of Our Brains as Humans Learned to Read

https://www.sciencealert.com/we-may-have-recycled-parts-of-our-brain-as-humans-learned-to-read

Parts of the human brain have been “recycled” for reading, indicates study

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20200805/Parts-of-the-human-brain-have-been-e2809crecyclede2809d-for-reading-indicates-study.aspx

Study: Big brains allow dexterous hands

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-07-big-brains-dexterous.html

How the geometry of ancient habitats may have influenced human brain evolution

https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/07/how-the-geometry-of-ancient-habitats-may-have-influenced-human-brain-evolution/

The Secrets Hiding in the Simplest Animal Brains

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-secrets-hiding-in-the-simplest-animal-brains?utm_source=emailsynd&utm_medium=social

MRI scans of the brains of 130 mammals, including humans, indicate equal connectivity

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-07-mri-scans-brains-mammals-humans.html

How Human Brains Are Different: It Has a Lot to Do with the Connections

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-human-brains-are-different-it-has-a-lot-to-do-with-the-connections/

Scientists produce a single-cell-resolution map of brain genes in humans and other primates

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-06-scientists-single-cell-resolution-brain-genes-humans.amp?__twitter_impression=true

Brain Gene Tops the List for Making Humans, Human

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/brain-gene-tops-list-making-humans-human-180975128/?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

Scientists Grow Bigger Monkey Brains Using Human Genes, Replicating Evolution

https://interestingengineering.com/scientists-grow-bigger-monkey-brains-using-human-genes-replicating-evolution

The brain’s imprint on the skull shows what separates humans from other primates

https://massivesci.com/notes/brain-lateralization-chimpanzee-gorilla-orangutan-apes-evolution/

Researchers traces the history of brain evolution from tyrannosaurs to modern crows

https://phys.org/news/2020-04-history-brain-evolution-tyrannosaurs-modern.html

Scientists make a spectacular discovery about the origin of language in the brain

https://www.inverse.com/science/human-language-pathway-at-least-25-million-years-old

How Our Ancient Brains Are Coping in the Age of Digital Distraction

https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/how-our-ancient-brains-are-coping-in-the-age-of-digital-distraction

Study Compares Parietal Lobes of Neanderthals and Modern Humans

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/04/fstudy-compares-parietal-lobes-of-neanderthals-and-modern-humans/127241

Lucy had an ape-like brain

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/04/lucy-had-an-ape-like-brain/127109

Big brains or many babies: How birds can thrive in urban environments

https://phys.org/news/2020-03-big-brains-babies-birds-urban.html

New clues about a huge, rare human brain cell

https://alleninstitute.org/what-we-do/brain-science/news-press/articles/new-clues-about-huge-rare-human-brain-cell

Neanderthals Were About as Right-Handed as Modern Humans

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/07/did-neanderthals-have-dominant-hand/593836/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

The Australian bearded dragon may hold secrets to human sleep

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/02/australian-bearded-dragon-may-hold-secrets-human-sleep?utm_campaign=NewsfromScience&utm_source=JHubbard&utm_medium=Twitter

Great ape brains have a feature that we thought was unique to humans

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2233798-great-ape-brains-have-a-feature-that-we-thought-was-unique-to-humans/#ixzz6E2p69NmT

Squid Brains Are Nearly as Complex as Dog Brains, Researchers Claim

https://www.sciencealert.com/squid-brains-are-nearly-as-complex-as-dog-brains

How smart were our ancestors? Turns out the answer isn't in brain size, but blood flow

https://theconversation.com/how-smart-were-our-ancestors-turns-out-the-answer-isnt-in-brain-size-but-blood-flow-130387

Is schizophrenia a by-product of human evolution?

https://www.nationalelfservice.net/mental-health/schizophrenia/schizophrenia-human-evolution/

Scientists put 3D glasses on cuttlefish and showed them film clips. The results were surprising

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/01/08/us/3d-glasses-cuttlefish-scn-trnd/index.html?__twitter_impression=true

Why Your Brain Needs Exercise

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-your-brain-needs-exercise/

Neuroscientists Discover New Kind of Signal in the Human Brain

https://gizmodo.com/neuroscientists-discover-new-kind-of-signal-in-the-huma-1840776159