Brain Evolution in the News
Saturday, 30 December 2023
Human brain cells put much more energy into signaling
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/12/human-brain-cells-put-much-more-energy-into-signaling/
Friday, 29 December 2023
Brains of newborns aren't underdeveloped compared to other primates, finds new study
https://phys.org/news/2023-12-brains-newborns-underdeveloped-primates.html
Thursday, 28 December 2023
Can We Decode the Language of Our Primate Cousins?
https://www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/news/can-we-decode-the-language-of-our-primate-
cousins-382248
Monday, 27 November 2023
Les études sur le cerveau des humains préhistoriques sont-elles fiables ?
https://www.francebleu.fr/emissions/sur-les-traces-de-la-prehistoire/les-etudes-sur-le-cerveau-des-
humains-prehistoriques-sont-elles-fiables-1893682
Monday, 13 November 2023
The Evolution of Mammalian Brain Folding Has Been Revealed
https://www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/news/the-evolution-of-mammalian-brain-folding-has-been-revealed-380540
Thursday, 9 November 2023
What makes us human? UT Southwestern uncovers clues behind brain evolution
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2023/11/08/what-makes-us-human-ut-southwestern-uncovers-clues-behind-brain-evolution/
Friday, 13 October 2023
Cellular Map of Entire Brain Reveals What Makes Us Human
https://neurosciencenews.com/cellular-human-brain-map-24940/
Monday, 18 September 2023
Sing Smart: Vocal Learning Linked to Problem Solving Skills and Brain Size
https://scitechdaily.com/sing-smart-vocal-learning-linked-to-problem-solving-skills-and-brain-size/
Monday, 10 July 2023
How Smart Were Dinosaurs? New Studies Fuel the Debate
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-smart-were-dinosaurs-new-studies-fuel-the-debate/
Thursday, 6 July 2023
All animal intelligence was shaped by just 5 leaps in brain evolution
https://theconversation.com/all-animal-intelligence-was-shaped-by-just-5-leaps-in-brain-evolution-208753?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=bylinetwitterbutton
Wednesday, 28 June 2023
Octopuses shown to map their visual landscape much like humans do
https://phys.org/news/2023-06-octopuses-shown-visual-landscape-humans.html
Tuesday, 20 June 2023
Octopuses Can Rewire Their Brains to Brave Chilly Waters
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/octopuses-edit-their-rna-in-response-to-water-temperature-changes-180982357/
Friday, 16 June 2023
Cognitive archaeology, body cognition, and the evolution of visuospatial perception
https://paleoneurology.wordpress.com/2023/05/03/cognitive-archaeology-body-cognition-and-the-evolution-of-visuospatial-perception/
Wednesday, 14 June 2023
Canine Brain Atlas Sheds Light on Evolution of Human Brain Function
https://neurosciencenews.com/dog-brain-atlas-evolution-23355/
Monkey magic: how they adapted to become better communicators
https://reporter.anu.edu.au/all-stories/monkey-magic-how-they-adapted-to-become-better-communicators
Monday, 5 June 2023
Homo naledi had a brain one-third the size of humans but displayed intelligence far beyond, according to new discovery
https://abcnews.go.com/US/homo-naledi-brain-size-humans-displayed-intelligence-new/story?id=99838407
Tuesday, 2 May 2023
How evolution has influenced the shape of the brain
https://phys.org/news/2023-04-evolution-brain.html
Monday, 13 March 2023
Imagination makes us human – this unique ability to envision what doesn’t exist has a long evolutionary history
https://theconversation.com/imagination-makes-us-human-this-unique-ability-to-envision-what-doesnt-exist-has-a-long-evolutionary-history-190870
Friday, 10 March 2023
The first wiring map of an insect's brain hints at incredible complexity
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/03/09/1161645378/scientists-first-wiring-map-fruit-fly-brain-connectome-human-learning
Wednesday, 8 March 2023
Human temporal lobes are not very large in comparison with other primates
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-human-temporal-lobes-large-comparison.html
Friday, 3 March 2023
Team publishes study of the brain of the Homo erectus fossil with the lowest cranial capacity
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-team-publishes-brain-homo-erectus.html
Wednesday, 15 February 2023
Gene Expression in Neurons Solves a Brain Evolution Puzzle
https://www.quantamagazine.org/gene-expression-in-neurons-solves-a-brain-evolution-puzzle-20230214/
Scientists recreate brain of largest carnivorous dinosaur with fossils
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/science/dinosaur-brain-fossils-isle-wight-b2281239.html%3famp
Wednesday, 8 February 2023
We discovered that whale and dolphin brains produce lots of heat. Why it matters
https://theconversation.com/we-discovered-that-whale-and-dolphin-brains-produce-lots-of-heat-why-it-matters-158534?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1617870156
Friday, 3 February 2023
Lab-grown ancient nose receptors reveal how our ancestors smelled
https://newatlas.com/biology/neanderthal-denisovan-odor-receptors-smell-sensitivity/
Thursday, 2 February 2023
Scientist Accidentally Discovers The Oldest Brain of Any Vertebrate
https://www.sciencealert.com/scientist-accidentally-discovers-the-oldest-brain-of-any-vertebrate
Tuesday, 31 January 2023
Fossil teeth reveal how brains developed in utero over millions of years of human evolution – new research
https://theconversation.com/fossil-teeth-reveal-how-brains-developed-in-utero-over-millions-of-years-of-human-evolution-new-research-193167
Sunday, 8 January 2023
T. Rex May Have Been Intimidatingly Clever With Baboon-Like Brain Capacity
https://www.iflscience.com/t-rex-may-have-been-intimidatingly-clever-with-baboon-like-brain-capacity-66965
Eating meat may not have been as crucial to human evolution as we thought
https://www.popsci.com/science/eating-meat-human-evolution-study/
Friday, 6 January 2023
How humans got a new gene that makes our brains larger
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/01/how-humans-got-a-new-gene-that-makes-our-brains-larger/
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