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Thursday, 4 July 2013

In Fish Brains, A Clue To Why We Talk With Our Hands

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-07/fish-brains-clue-why-we-gesticulate-when-we-talk
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Labels: fish, human, language

Thursday, 27 June 2013

Study confirms social brain theory

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23045905
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Labels: social behavior

Friday, 21 June 2013

Most detailed 3D map of human brain


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/10133452/Most-detailed-3D-map-of-human-brain.html
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Labels: atlas, human

Tuesday, 11 June 2013

The Brain Science Behind Our Obsession With Tools


http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/nueroscience/the-brain-science-behind-our-obsession-with-tools-15549633
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Labels: human, tool use

Tuesday, 14 May 2013

Brain frontal lobes not sole center of human intelligence, comparative research suggests



http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130513152827.htm
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Labels: human, intelligence

Thursday, 2 May 2013

Who’re You Calling a Neanderthal?



http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/03/opinion/global/Who-Are-You-Calling-a-Neanderthal.html
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Labels: archaeology, fossil, hominin, Neanderthal

Monday, 29 April 2013

For Rats, Seasonal Depression Comes In Spring, Not Winter


http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112831942/rats-get-depression-in-spring-not-winter-042613/
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Labels: health, mammal, rodent, seasonality

'Master Gene' Makes Mouse Brain Look More Human


http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2013/04/master-gene-makes-mouse-brain-lo.html
at 10:09
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Labels: genetics, mammal

Big brains, no fur, sinuses … are these clues to our ancestors' lives as 'aquatic apes'?


http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/apr/27/aquatic-ape-theory-primate-evolution
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Labels: human, primate, size

Competing pathways affect early differentiation of higher brain structures


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130426115636.htm
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Wednesday, 24 April 2013

Humans and Chimps Evolved Lopsided Brains


http://www.livescience.com/28986-humans-evolved-asymmetric-brains.html
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Labels: chimpanzee, human

Friday, 19 April 2013

Scientists puzzle over how bat brains and rat brains build mental maps - Science


http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/18/17808967-scientists-puzzle-over-how-bat-brains-and-rat-brains-build-mental-maps
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Labels: mammal, rodent

Thursday, 18 April 2013

'Hobbit' had bigger brain than thought


http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/16/17784013-hobbit-had-bigger-brain-than-thought
at 12:03
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Labels: Homo floresiensis, size

Monday, 1 April 2013

Brain size didn't drive primate evolution, research suggests


http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/28/17502596-brain-size-didnt-drive-primate-evolution-research-suggests
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Labels: brain size, diet, genetics, primate

Saturday, 23 March 2013

Pig Brain Atlas Developed To Provide Clues Into Human Cognitive Development


http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112804016/pig-brain-atlas-for-human-cognitive-development-031513/
at 09:01
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Labels: atlas, domestication, mammal, ungulate

The Brains of the Animal Kingdom


http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323869604578370574285382756.html
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Tuesday, 19 March 2013

What a Fish's Brain Says, and Doesn't Say, About Yours


http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/nueroscience/what-a-fishs-brain-says-and-doesnt-say-about-yours-15234337
at 10:18
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Labels: fish, human

Wednesday, 13 March 2013

Neanderthals Doomed by Vision-Centered Brains


http://www.livescience.com/27850-social-brain-beat-neanderthal-vision.html
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Labels: fossil, hominin, Neanderthal, social behavior, vision

Monday, 11 March 2013

Why Humans Get Lost


http://news.discovery.com/human/evolution/why-humans-get-lost-130312.htm
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Labels: human, navigation

Friday, 8 March 2013

Handedness in Marsupials Is Dependent On Gender


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130305200312.htm
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Labels: human, laterality, mammal, marsupial, sex

Thursday, 7 March 2013

Human Brain Cells Boost Mouse Memory


http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2013/03/human-brain-cells-boost-mouse-me.html
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Labels: glia, human, mammal, memory

Monday, 25 February 2013

Has Evolution Given Humans Unique Brain Structures?


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130222120753.htm
at 08:17
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Labels: catarrhine, human, primate

Friday, 1 February 2013

Dinosaur Brains Were Little Even In Huge Species, Sauropod Skull Fossil Suggests


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/24/dinosaur-brains-titanosaur-skull-fossil_n_2538912.html
at 16:46
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Labels: dinosaur, fossil, size

Genome-Wide Atlas of Gene Enhancers in the Brain Online


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130131144415.htm
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Labels: atlas, genetics

With Evolved Brains, Robots Creep Closer To Animal-Like Learning


http://www.fastcompany.com/3005313/evolved-brains-robots-creep-closer-animal-learning
at 16:15
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Labels: artificial intelligence, learning

Saturday, 12 January 2013

Human Intelligence Secrets Revealed by Chimp Brains


http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=human-intelligence-secret
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Labels: chimpanzee, intelligence

Crows Really Are Mind-Readers


http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/01/crows-really-are-mind-readers/
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Labels: bird, theory of mind

Big Brains: What You and (Some) Guppies Have in Common


http://science.time.com/2013/01/08/big-brains-what-you-and-some-guppies-have-in-common/?hpt=hp_bn16
at 11:10
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Labels: diet, fish, size

Thursday, 20 December 2012

Research reveals new information on the evolution of dinosaur senses

http://phys.org/news/2012-12-reveals-evolution-dinosaur.html
at 12:59
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Labels: dinosaur, fossil, sensory

Saturday, 15 December 2012

Key Gene for Brain Development


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/12/121213151446.htm
at 09:47
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Labels: development, genetics

Vertebrates have tiny sea worm to thank for their intelligence


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/50058945/ns/technology_and_science-science/#.UMxGEoVGrv4
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Labels: cephalochordate, intelligence

Civilisation is making humanity less intelligent, study claims


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9672790/Civilisation-is-making-humanity-less-intelligent-study-claims.html
at 09:11
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Labels: genetics, human, intelligence

Wednesday, 12 December 2012

Did Exercise Make the Human Brain So Buff?


http://www.livescience.com/24945-exercise-human-brain-evolution.html
at 13:37
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Labels: diet, genetics, size

Tuesday, 11 December 2012

Epigenetics Provides A Better Understanding Of The Inner Workings Of Our Brain


http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112735797/brain-evolution-epigenome-chromatin-state-looping-112212/
at 11:58
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Labels: genetics, human, molecular biology

Friday, 9 November 2012

Study: Music, language's common evolutionary roots lie in emotion


http://www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-amusia-music-language-emotion-darwin-evolution-20121030,0,5025585.story
at 12:00
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Labels: language

Wednesday, 7 November 2012

New Study Sheds Light On How and When Vision Evolved


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121029154324.htm
at 12:20
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Labels: cnidarian, vision

Tuesday, 6 November 2012

Who's a clever boy: Scientists stunned by Figaro, the cockatoo who can make his own tools to get food


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2228229/Whos-pretty-clever-boy--cockatoo-make-use-tools.html
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Labels: bird, tool use

Ever Wonder What Elephants Would Have to Say?


http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/06/science/surrounded-by-humans-korean-elephant-learns-to-speak.html
at 12:19
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Labels: elephant, mammal

Tuesday, 30 October 2012

Shark brains 'similar to those of humans'


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9643039/Shark-brains-similar-to-those-of-humans.html
at 16:23
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Why Are Our Brains So Ridiculously Big?


http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/human_evolution/2012/10/human_brain_size_social_groups_led_to_the_evolution_of_large_brains.html
at 16:07
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Labels: brain size, diet, genetics, human

Tuesday, 23 October 2012

Cooking Food Could Be What Made People Smart


http://www.businessinsider.com/human-evolution-cooking-food-2012-10
at 02:13
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Labels: diet, human

Tuesday, 16 October 2012

Our big brains may make us prone to cancer



http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn22380-our-big-brains-may-make-us-prone-to-cancer.html
at 09:48
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Labels: cancer, genetics, health, human, size, trade-off

Complex brains evolved much earlier than previously thought, 520-million-year-old fossilized arthropod confirms


http://phys.org/news/2012-10-complex-brains-evolved-earlier-previously.html
at 09:27
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Evolution Mostly Driven by Brawn, Not Brains, Analysis Finds


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121015152005.htm
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Labels: mammal

Saturday, 6 October 2012

Homolog of Mammalian Neocortex Found in Bird Brain


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121001151953.htm
at 09:19
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Labels: bird, mammal

Friday, 5 October 2012

Eating meat made us human, new skull fossil study suggests

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/49278817/ns/technology_and_science-science/#.UG6TiBjO6so
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Labels: diet, fossil, hominin

Friday, 28 September 2012

Bird brains smarter than we think


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/49005841/ns/technology_and_science-science/#.UGYa8Ri9yuw
at 22:49
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Human Brains Outpace Chimp Brains in Womb


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120924142922.htm
at 22:41
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Labels: chimpanzee, development, human

Compelling evidence that brain parts evolve independently

http://phys.org/news/2012-09-compelling-evidence-brain-evolve-independently.html
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Labels: genetics

Thursday, 27 September 2012

Compared With Chimps, Humans Slow to Insulate Nerve Fibers



http://tinyurl.com/c5mdd22
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Labels: chimpanzee, development, human

Friday, 7 September 2012

Ancient Human Kin’s DNA Code Illuminates Rise of Brains



http://tinyurl.com/9uxpfgq
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Labels: genetics

Thursday, 5 July 2012

The First Australopithecus, 1925



http://the-scientist.com/2012/07/01/the-first-australopithecus-1925
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Labels: endocast, fossil, hominin
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