Fossil study finds vision—not the 'thinking' frontal lobe—drove varied brain development in primates

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-fossil-vision-frontal-lobe-drove.html

Inside the Not-So-Dumb Head of the Dodo Bird

https://nautil.us/inside-the-not-so-dumb-head-of-the-dodo-bird-1283522

The Minute Fossil That Redrew The Arthropod Map

https://scienceblog.com/the-minute-fossil-that-redrew-the-arthropod-map/

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

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/science/ralph-holloway-dead.html

Exquisite bird fossil provides clues to the evolution of avian brains

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2456043-exquisite-bird-fossil-provides-clues-to-the-evolution-of-

avian-brains/

What a big group of ancient brains could teach us about evolution

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/68606720.amp

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

How Smart Were Dinosaurs? New Studies Fuel the Debate

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-smart-were-dinosaurs-new-studies-fuel-the-debate/

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

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

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

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

Lab-grown ancient nose receptors reveal how our ancestors smelled

https://newatlas.com/biology/neanderthal-denisovan-odor-receptors-smell-sensitivity/

Scientist Accidentally Discovers The Oldest Brain of Any Vertebrate

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientist-accidentally-discovers-the-oldest-brain-of-any-vertebrate

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

Fossilized brain of 525 million-year-old deep sea worm likely the oldest ever discovered

https://www.livescience.com/oldest-fossilized-brain-worm?utm_term=4E7E8246-032D-41D6-AAB2-E4F0ECFC3B98&utm_campaign=0CFA9D5B-9285-47DF-A018-5ED9E96C0C0B&utm_medium=email&utm_content=040A32F8-D25B-47AB-AAFA-38BCAA0D525C&utm_source=SmartBrief

Study reveals striking differences in brains of modern humans and Neanderthals

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/sep/08/study-reveals-striking-differences-in-brains-of-modern-humans-and-neanderthals

Shape of human brain has barely changed in past 160,000 years

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2331652-shape-of-human-brain-has-barely-changed-in-past-160000-years/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1659431121-1

Anthropology and neuropsychology to study how the brain evolved

https://phys.org/news/2022-04-anthropology-neuropsychology-brain-evolved.html

Ce n’est pas la taille du cerveau qui compte

https://www.numerama.com/sciences/857975-ce-nest-pas-la-taille-du-cerveau-qui-compte.html