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

Study Supports and Expands the Primate Brain Lag Hypothesis

https://neurosciencenews.com/brain-lag-evolutionary-30977/

Brain organoids uncover how primates develop different brain shapes

https://phys.org/news/2026-09-brain-organoids-uncover-primates.html

Microbes may hold the key to brain evolution

https://phys.org/news/2026-01-microbes-key-brain-evolution.html

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

Prolonged brain development of marmosets could serve as model for human evolution

https://phys.org/news/2024-10-prolonged-brain-marmosets-human-evolution.html

Brains of newborns aren't underdeveloped compared to other primates, finds new study

https://phys.org/news/2023-12-brains-newborns-underdeveloped-primates.html

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

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/

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

Human temporal lobes are not very large in comparison with other primates

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-human-temporal-lobes-large-comparison.html

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

Connectivity of Language Areas Unique in the Human Brain

https://neurosciencenews.com/language-connectivity-evolution-20959/

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

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

A Striking Difference Between Neurons of Humans and Other Mammals

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

Brain development is surprisingly similar between humans and other primates

https://phys.org/news/2021-04-brain-surprisingly-similar-humans-primates.html

Scientists discover why the human brain is so big

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/mar/24/scientists-discover-why-the-human-brain-is-so-big

Capuchin monkey genome reveals clues to its long life and large brain

https://phys.org/news/2021-02-capuchin-monkey-genome-reveals-clues.html

Scientists splice human genes into monkey brains to make them bigger, smarter

https://nypost.com/2020/11/19/scientists-make-bigger-monkey-brains-using-human-genes/?utm_source=NYPTwitter&utm_medium=SocialFlow&utm_campaign=SocialFlow

Evolutionary and Heritable Axes Shape Our Brain

https://neurosciencenews.com/evolution-brain-shape-17093/