‘The Fox, the Shrew, and You: How Brains Evolved,’ an excerpt

https://www.thetransmitter.org/evolution/the-fox-the-shrew-and-you-how-brains-evolved-an-excerpt/

Birds have developed complex brains independently from mammals, studies reveal

https://phys.org/news/2025-02-birds-complex-brains-independently-mammals.html?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=v2

Gene expression shifts help explain how a shrew changes brain size to match the seasons

https://phys.org/news/2024-11-gene-shifts-shrew-brain-size.html

Size doesn't matter for mammals with more complex brains, according to new study

https://phys.org/news/2024-07-size-doesnt-mammals-complex-brains.html

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

How evolution has influenced the shape of the brain

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-evolution-brain.html

Study finds a striking difference between neurons of humans and other mammals

https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/human-and-mammal-neurons

Primates and Non-primates Differ in the Architecture of Their Neurons

https://neurosciencenews.com/primates-non-primate-axon-20736/

Mammals’ bodies outpaced their brains right after the dinosaurs died

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/mammal-big-bodies-small-brains-dinosaur-extinction-fossils

A Striking Difference Between Neurons of Humans and Other Mammals

https://neurosciencenews.com/human-neurons-ion-channels-19633/

Rapidly evolving bits of DNA helped develop the human brain

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2289032-rapidly-evolving-bits-of-dna-helped-develop-the-human-brain/

Fox-breeding experiment suggests domestication can boost brain size

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2280791-fox-breeding-experiment-suggests-domestication-can-boost-brain-size/

The tamer the cow, the smaller the brain

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/06/tamer-cow-smaller-brain

‘Big-brained’ mammals may just have small bodies, study suggests

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/apr/28/big-brained-mammals-may-just-have-small-bodies-study-suggests

Solving the mammal brain size puzzle

https://phys.org/news/2021-03-mammal-brain-size-puzzle.html

Using genetic sequencing to determine if bird and mammal brains work the same

https://phys.org/news/2021-02-genetic-sequencing-bird-mammal-brains.html

How the seasons might influence brain size

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/sep/18/how-the-seasons-might-influence-brain-size

MRI scans of the brains of 130 mammals, including humans, indicate equal connectivity

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-07-mri-scans-brains-mammals-humans.html

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

https://phys.org/news/2019-07-mammals-brains-evolved-distinguish-odors.html

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