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Monday, 23 December 2019

A ‘Mic Drop’ on a Theory of Language Evolution


https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/12/when-did-ancient-humans-start-speak/603484/
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Labels: human

Friday, 13 December 2019

The Evolution of the Human Brain



https://www.brainfacts.org/brain-anatomy-and-function/evolution/2019/the-evolution-of-the-human-brain-100219
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Labels: human, intelligence, size

Wednesday, 20 November 2019

Brains ‘are nearly 20% smaller than they used to be’ but does this matter?


https://metro.co.uk/2019/11/20/brains-smaller-idiocracy-theory-geary-male-female-brain-size-11176200/
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Labels: fossil, human, size

Wednesday, 13 November 2019

Early humans ‘not as smart as modern apes'



https://www.irishnews.com/magazine/science/2019/11/13/news/early-humans-not-as-smart-as-modern-apes--1764000/
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Friday, 18 October 2019

The brain does not follow the head


https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191015131450.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fplants_animals%2Fevolution+%28Evolutionary+Biology+News+--+ScienceDaily%29
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Labels: brain size, development, human

Thursday, 17 October 2019

Human 'mini-brains' slow at developing among primates


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-50055547
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Monday, 30 September 2019

Whales evolved large brains in the same way that we did


https://www.newscientist.com/article/2216683-whales-evolved-large-brains-in-the-same-way-that-we-did/#ixzz60yYqXHLd
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Labels: brain size, cetacean, primate

Wednesday, 4 September 2019

As humans shaped dogs’ bodies, we also altered their brains


https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2019/09/02/humans-shaped-dogs-bodies-we-also-altered-their-brains/
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Labels: carnivore, dog, domestication, human

Wednesday, 28 August 2019

Big brains or big guts: Choose one


https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/08/190823080016.htm
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Labels: bird, brain size, trade-off

Wednesday, 21 August 2019

A tiny skull fossil suggests primate brain areas evolved separately



https://www.sciencenews.org/article/skull-fossil-suggests-primate-brain-areas-evolved-separately
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Labels: brain size, fossil, primate

Thursday, 8 August 2019

Going the Distance: Brain Cells for 3D Vision Discovered



https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/41631/20190628/going-the-distance-brain-cells-for-3d-vision-discovered.htm
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Labels: neuron, vision

Friday, 19 July 2019

How mammals' brains evolved to distinguish odors is nothing to sniff at


https://phys.org/news/2019-07-mammals-brains-evolved-distinguish-odors.html
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Labels: mammal, olfaction, sensory

Thursday, 27 June 2019

How did elephants evolve such a large brain? Climate change is part of the answer


https://theconversation.com/how-did-elephants-evolve-such-a-large-brain-climate-change-is-part-of-the-answer-119354
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Labels: climate, elephant, fossil, size

Friday, 21 June 2019

Bats’ brains sync up when they socialise, study finds


https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/bat-brain-waves-activity-autism-social-cues-cell-study-a8967291.html
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Labels: bat, mammal, social behavior

Wednesday, 12 June 2019

Study of olfactory bulb ratio in modern birds suggests dinosaurs may have had strong sense of smell


https://phys.org/news/2019-06-olfactory-bulb-ratio-modern-birds.html
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Labels: bird, dinosaur, olfaction

A Musical Brain May Help Us Understand Language And Appreciate Tchaikovsky


https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/06/10/730611589/a-musical-brain-may-help-us-understand-language-and-appreciate-tchaikovsky?utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=npr
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Labels: human, language, music

Friday, 10 May 2019

The Neanderthal Brain—Clues About Cognition



https://www.sapiens.org/column/field-trips/neanderthal-brain/
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Labels: fossil, hominin

Wednesday, 8 May 2019

How Researchers Used AI to Better Understand Biological Vision


https://singularityhub.com/2019/05/08/how-researchers-used-ai-to-better-understand-biological-vision/#sm.000016lhq5nszreuir489sswdxv86
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Labels: artificial intelligence, primate, vision

The Human Brain Has been Getting Smaller Since the Stone Age



http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2019/04/08/human-brains-have-shrunk-since-the-stone-age/#.XNL3oKZ7mWY
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Labels: brain size, fossil, hominin, human

Friday, 12 April 2019

I feel you: Emotional mirror neurons found in the rat


https://neurosciencenews.com/emotional-mirror-neurons-rats-11066/
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Labels: emotion, empathy, rodent, social behavior

Thursday, 11 April 2019

Monkeys Genetically Edited to Mimic Human Brain Development


https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/monkeys-genetically-edited-to-mimic-human-brain-development-65724
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Labels: brain size, development, genetics, human, primate

Thursday, 21 March 2019

Ancient Human Ancestors May Have Grown Big Brains Scavenging Bone Marrow



http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2019/03/19/isns-human-ancestors-big-brains-meat/
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Labels: brain size, diet, hominin, human

Monday, 11 February 2019

Fat frenzy: did an early taste for bone marrow fuel hominin brain development?



https://cosmosmagazine.com/biolog/fat-frenzy-did-an-early-taste-for-bone-marrow-fuel-hominin-brain-development
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Scientists Have Grown Primate Brains-in-a-Dish on an Unprecedented Scale


https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-create-mini-chimp-brains-in-the-lab-to-learn-more-about-human-evolution
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Labels: human, primate

Tuesday, 22 January 2019

Pioneering brain study reveals ‘software’ differences between humans and monkeys


https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00198-7
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Labels: human, primate

Wednesday, 16 January 2019

Scientists uncover the genetics of monogamy



https://www.healthcanal.com/mental-health-behavior/247435-scientists-uncover-the-genetics-of-monogamy.html
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El cerebro humano creció y se desarrolló gracias a estos genes: NOTCH2NL


https://www.nationalgeographic.com.es/ciencia/actualidad/cerebro-humano-crecio-y-se-desarrollo-gracias-a-estos-genes-notch2nl_12775/amp?__twitter_impression=true
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Monday, 14 January 2019

When it comes to bee brains, size does not matter


https://www.earth.com/news/bee-brains-size/
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Labels: brain size, insect
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