Gorilla genome analysis reveals new human links

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/mar/07/gorilla-genome-analysis-new-human-link?CMP=twt_gu

First Neanderthal cave paintings discovered in Spain

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21458-first-neanderthal-cave-paintings-discovered-in-spain.html

“Wired for Culture: Origins of the Human Social Mind" by Mark Pagel; and “Connectome: How the Brain’s Wiring Makes Us Who We Are” by Sebastian Seung

http://tinyurl.com/83f3rdt

How many neurons make a human brain? Billions fewer than we thought

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2012/feb/28/how-many-neurons-human-brain?CMP=twt_fd

Clint Eastwood helps reveal secrets of brain evolution

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21430-clint-eastwood-helps-reveal-secrets-of-brain-evolution.html

Human Brains Wire Up Slowly but Surely

http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/02/human-brains-wire-up-slowly-but-.html

Every textbook on the brain is wrong - and our brains are more similar to monkeys than we thought

http://tinyurl.com/6mwt8fs

Chimpanzees consider their audience when communicating

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/16305600

‘How to Think Like a Neandertal’ — By Thomas Wynn and Frederick L. Coolidge — Review

http://tinyurl.com/bthtbjk

Genes Play Major Role in Primate Social Behavior, Study Finds

http://tinyurl.com/d99kyb9

Pigeons Can Learn Higher Math, Study Finds

http://tinyurl.com/d2owuzh

A whole new meaning for thinking on your feet

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-12-feet.html

Compared to Neanderthals, modern humans have a better sense of smell

http://tinyurl.com/c7ljd35

'Language gene' speeds learning

http://www.nature.com/news/language-gene-speeds-learning-1.9395

Genetic basis of human cortical regionalization similar to patterns found in other mammals, MRI study affirms

http://www.news-medical.net/news/20111117/Genetic-basis-of-human-cortical-regionalization-similar-to-patterns-found-in-other-mammals-MRI-study-affirms.aspx

Study Finds the Key to Language: How Humans Form Sentences

Shttp://www.livescience.com/17225-study-finds-key-language-humans-form-sentences.html

Human brain evolution traced to gene activity

http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/5059/how-human-brain-and-cognitive-abilities-evolved#.Tt9mejlLrLw.blogger

Chimp brains may be hard-wired to evolve language

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21242-chimp-brains-may-be-hardwired-to-evolve-language.html

How do we humans fuel our big brains?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45230351/ns/technology_and_science-science/#.Tt3dH0pmiVI

Don't assume that feces-tossing chimp's a dummy

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57334036/dont-assume-that-feces-tossing-chimps-a-dummy/

Synesthesia Smells Like Evolution: The Benefit of Tasting Colors

http://motherboard.tv/2011/11/23/synesthesia-smells-like-evolution-the-benefit-of-tasting-colors

Baby apes' arm waving hints at origins of language

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21152-baby-apes-arm-waving-hints-at-origins-of-language.html

Young apes talk with hands

Baby apes' arm waving hints at origins of language

Brain de novo

Late Bloomers: "New" Genes May Have Played a Role in Human Brain Evolution

Young genes in young humans

New Genes, New Brain

Right handedness left for something

Why are most people right-handed?

The Fossil Chronicles

Evolutionary clues from ancestors' brains?

Human Brain Aging Special

Brain Shrinkage: It's Only Human

Relative hemispheres

Peking man differing from modern humans in brain asymmetry

Illusions and brain organization

Brain trades off illusion-spotting and introspection

Brains shrink (still)

Scientist record decrease in human brain size

Growth gene NDE1

Single Gene Linked to Evolution of Human Brain

LAMC3 role for occipital sulci

Gene responsible for the unique development of human brains is 'discovered'

Origin of Consciousness

Digging into our consciousness

Big Brains Smell

In Evolution of Brains, Sense of Smell Came First

Small Yet Modern Hominin Brain

Four Individuals Caught in 'Death Trap' May Shed Light on Human Ancestors

Quick Changes to Prefrontal Metabolism

Evolution of cognition might be down to brain chemistry

Brainy Mammals Wean Later

Longer Breast-Feeding May Be Key to Bigger Brains

Deletions related to penis spines and brains

Why humans have big brains but don't have whiskers or penises with spines

2500 year old brain didn't rot

2,500-Year-Old Preserved Human Brain Discovered

Wiring mammalian brains

The evolution of brain wiring: Navigating to the neocortex

Fly Brain

Decoding the Human Brain, With Help From a Fly

Flying Brains

Fossilized Bird Brains May Yield Secret of First Flights

Dogs Brainier than Cats

Dogs Have Bigger Brains Than Cats Because They Are More Sociable, Research Finds

Behavior Adapts

Evolving Culture: Where Do We Go From Here?

Researchers simulate Neanderthal brain growth

Frühmenschen: Forscher simulieren Neandertaler-Hirnwachstum

Humans brains; Chimps immunity

Humans' Big Brains Tied To Chimps' Immunity?

Mirroring Monkeys

Monkey in the mirror

Neanderthal Innovation

Neanderthals More Advanced Than Previously Thought: They Innovated, Adapted Like Modern Humans, Research Shows

Marsupial mums make brainy babes

Big brains attributed to mother's care

Prehistoric baby sling 'made our brains bigger'

Prehistoric baby sling 'made our brains bigger'

Worm gene maps give clue to higher brain evolution

Worm gene maps give clue to higher brain evolution

Language Evolution

Signing, Singing, Speaking: How Language Evolved

Human speech evolution

From Grunting To Gabbing: Why Humans Can Talk

How brains evolve

From Primitive Parts, A Highly Evolved Human Brain

Tools used, small brains

Tool Use by Early Humans Started Much Earlier

Insect Models

A Conversation With Jeremy Niven:
Insects as Model Animals

Human Brain Ontogeny, Phylogeny

Baby Brain Growth Mirrors Changes from Apes to Humans

Our brains much more similar to birds’ than we thought

Our brains much more similar to birds’ than we thought

Brain development gene in humans

Researchers Pinpoint Genetic Tie to Brain Development

Jane Goodall - 50 years

Chimps with everything: Jane Goodall's 50 years in the jungle

Insect Intelligence

Uncovering the intelligence of insects, an interview with Lars Chittka

Researchers find gene likely linked to microcephaly

Researchers find gene likely linked to microcephaly

Mind Over Mass Media

Mind Over Mass Media

Brain Food

Ancient ‘brain food’ helped humans get smart

Neanderthal Genome: Brain and Behavior

Neanderthal genome already giving up its secrets

Bonobos "No"

Bonobo chimps filmed shaking their head to 'say no'

Brain switches species

Scientists alter developing brain to resemble that of another species