Brain Evolution in the News
Tuesday, 21 October 2014
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
Friday, 17 October 2014
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
Tuesday, 7 October 2014
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
Wednesday, 3 September 2014
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/
Thursday, 24 July 2014
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
Thursday, 10 July 2014
Will genomics soon explain the human brain gain?
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140709095342.htm
Tuesday, 1 July 2014
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
Friday, 13 June 2014
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/
Wednesday, 28 May 2014
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
Friday, 23 May 2014
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
Friday, 16 May 2014
Whales Can't Taste Anything But Salt
http://news.sciencemag.org/biology/2014/05/whales-cant-taste-anything-salt
Wednesday, 7 May 2014
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
Monday, 5 May 2014
Can Whales and Dolphins Make Mental Maps?
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2014/04/24/can-whales-and-dolphins-make-mental-maps
Thursday, 24 April 2014
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/
Friday, 18 April 2014
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
Friday, 11 April 2014
'Homo' is the only primate whose tooth size decreases as its brain size increases
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140403095415.htm
Thursday, 3 April 2014
First Map of Developing Human Brain Created
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/first-map-of-developing-human-brain-created
Tuesday, 1 April 2014
Eyeless Fish Navigates with Mouth Suction
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/inkfish/2014/04/01/eyeless-fish-navigates-with-mouth-suction/
Thursday, 27 March 2014
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/
Tuesday, 25 March 2014
MRI Reveals Genetic Activity
http://neurosciencenews.com/mri-genetics-memory-learning-886/
Saturday, 22 March 2014
Severity of Autism Linked to Gene for Brain Evolution
http://guardianlv.com/2014/03/severity-of-autism-linked-to-gene-for-brain-evolution/
Thursday, 20 March 2014
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
Tuesday, 18 March 2014
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
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