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Thursday, 27 March 2014

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

African bush elephant


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

Brain Evolution: Neurogenomics Targets the Genes That Make Us Human

Human brain
http://www.dana.org/News/Brain_Evolution/
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Labels: genetics, human, size

Tuesday, 25 March 2014

MRI Reveals Genetic Activity



http://neurosciencenews.com/mri-genetics-memory-learning-886/
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Labels: genetics, molecular biology, neuroimaging

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/
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Labels: autism, genetics, social behavior

Thursday, 20 March 2014

Scientists are alarmed by shrinking of the human brain

Human brain


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

Tuesday, 18 March 2014

Famous Breast Cancer Gene Could Affect Brain Growth

Human brain


http://news.sciencemag.org/biology/2014/03/famous-breast-cancer-gene-could-affect-brain-growth
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Labels: cancer, genetics, health, size

Stupider With Monogamy

Fruit fly


http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/27/science/stupider-with-monogamy.html
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Labels: arthropod, insect, sex, social behavior

Neanderthals could speak, archaeologists say

Human brain


http://www.haaretz.com/mobile/1.580384
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Labels: fossil, hominin, language, Neanderthal

Friday, 14 March 2014

Pigheaded: How Smart are Swine?

Sow with piglet


http://modernfarmer.com/2014/03/pigheaded-smart-swine/
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Labels: domestication, mammal, ungulate

Wednesday, 12 March 2014

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

Bottlenose dolphin

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

Tuesday, 11 March 2014

Why Do Animals Dance?

Sulphur-crested cockatoo


http://www.slate.com/blogs/wild_things/2014/02/18/dancing_animal_videos_scientists_study_the_evolution_of_rhythm.html
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Labels: animal, behavior, cognition

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

American lobster


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
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Labels: arthropod, cephalopod, insect, mollusc, pain
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