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Tuesday, 16 December 2025

Human brains light up for chimp voices in a way no one expected


https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251209043042.htm
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Labels: ape, language

Thursday, 16 October 2025

Evolution of intelligence in our ancestors may have come at a cost


https://www.newscientist.com/article/2499487-evolution-of-intelligence-in-our-ancestors-may-have-come-at-a-cost/
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Labels: intelligence

Ancient Lead Exposure Influenced the Evolution of the Human Brain


https://bioengineer.org/ancient-lead-exposure-influenced-the-evolution-of-the-human-brain/
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Evolution may have capped human brain size to balance energy costs and survival


https://www.psypost.org/evolution-may-have-capped-human-brain-size-to-balance-energy-costs-and-survival/
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Monday, 29 September 2025

'Give me the head!' Neuroscientist inspires whale and dolphin research in Brazil


https://www.npr.org/2025/02/15/nx-s1-5258496/scientist-inspires-whale-dolphin-brain-research-brazil
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Friday, 5 September 2025

The Minute Fossil That Redrew The Arthropod Map


https://scienceblog.com/the-minute-fossil-that-redrew-the-arthropod-map/
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Wednesday, 3 September 2025

Study provides first direct evidence that manual dexterity and brain evolution are connected


https://phys.org/news/2025-08-evidence-manual-dexterity-brain-evolution.html
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Rare seasonal brain shrinkage in shrews is driven by water loss, not cell death, MRI study reveals


https://phys.org/news/2025-08-rare-seasonal-brain-shrinkage-shrews.html
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Labels: brain size, mammals, seasonality

Friday, 9 May 2025

Bigger Brains and Strong Immunity Linked to Longer Lifespans



https://neurosciencenews.com/brain-size-immunity-longevvity-28857/
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Labels: aging, brain size

Thursday, 17 April 2025

Intelligence Evolved at Least Twice in Vertebrate Animals

https://www.quantamagazine.org/intelligence-evolved-at-least-twice-in-vertebrate-animals-20250407/
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Saturday, 12 April 2025

Ralph Holloway, Anthropologist Who Studied Brain's Evolution, Dies at 90

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/science/ralph-holloway-dead.html
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Labels: ape, fossil, hominin

Sunday, 30 March 2025

What makes the human brain unique? We compared it with monkeys and apes to find out


https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-03-human-brain-unique-monkeys-apes.html
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Labels: human, primate

The non-model organism “renaissance” has arrived



https://doi.org/10.53053/GMHL7976
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Saturday, 29 March 2025

Lions and tigers and bears: Long-lived zoo animals offer a promising venue to study mental health and neurodegenerative disorders

https://www.thetransmitter.org/animal-models/lions-and-tigers-and-bears-long-lived-zoo-animals-offer-a-promising-venue-to-study-mental-health-and-neurodegenerative-disorders/
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Labels: mammals, pathology

Saturday, 15 February 2025

Genetic study sheds light on changes that shaped human brain evolution

https://phys.org/news/2025-02-genetic-human-brain-evolution.html

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Birds have developed complex brains independently from mammals, studies reveal

Birds have developed complex brains independently from mammals, studies reveal

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Deep learning provides new view on 300 million years of brain evolution

https://phys.org/news/2025-02-deep-view-million-years-brain.html
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Thursday, 30 January 2025

Digitization of ‘breathtaking’ neuroanatomy slide collection offers untapped research gold mine

https://www.thetransmitter.org/evolution/digitization-of-breathtaking-neuroanatomy-slide-collection-offers-untapped-research-gold-mine/
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