Brain Evolution in the News
Friday, 28 October 2016
First Fossilized Dinosaur Brain Found
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/10/28/science/first-fossilized-dinosaur-brain.html
Wednesday, 5 October 2016
Genes responsible for bigger brains are found: Discovery could be the key to tackling dementia
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3822080/Genes-responsible-bigger-brains-Discovery-key-tackling-dementia.html
The bigger your brain, the longer you yawn
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/10/bigger-your-brain-longer-you-yawn
Wednesday, 28 September 2016
How Did Primate Brains Get So Big?
http://neurosciencenews.com/primate-brain-size-evolution-4833/
Schizophrenia Emerged After Humans Diverged From Neanderthals
http://neurosciencenews.com/schizophrenia-evolution-4845/
Tuesday, 27 September 2016
Neanderthal middle ear structure found to be closer to modern human than apes
http://m.phys.org/news/2016-09-neanderthal-middle-ear-closer-modern.html
Thursday, 22 September 2016
The Ancient Origins of Consciousness by Todd Feinberg and Jon Mallatt review – how the brain created experience
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jun/09/the-ancient-origins-of-conciousness-todd-feinberg-and-john-mallet-review
Thursday, 8 September 2016
Dogs Know When You're Praising Them. That Doesn't Mean They Understand Human Speech
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/scientists-say-dogs-understand-human-speech-how-can-we-be-sure-180960336/
Friday, 2 September 2016
Bloodthirsty Brains: Study Challenges Evolutionary Development of the Human Brain
http://neurosciencenews.com/brain-evolution-development-4940/
Saturday, 23 July 2016
Neural networks: Why larger brains are more susceptible to mental illnesses
http://phys.org/news/2016-07-neural-networks-larger-brains-susceptible.html
Thursday, 14 July 2016
Antisocial cave fish may hold clues to schizophrenia, autism
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/06/antisocial-cave-fish-may-hold-clues-schizophrenia-autism
Thursday, 30 June 2016
Brain Trust at GWU: The National Chimpanzee Brain Resource
https://gwtoday.gwu.edu/brain-trust-george-washington
A New Theory Explains How Consciousness Evolved
http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/06/how-consciousness-evolved/485558/
Monday, 13 June 2016
Parrots, songbirds pack more neurons into their forebrains than most mammals
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/06/parrots-songbirds-pack-more-neurons-their-forebrains-most-mammals
Thursday, 2 June 2016
Babies are born helpless, which might explain why humans are so clever
http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21699433-babies-are-born-helpless-which-might-explain-why-humans-are-so-clever-bairns?
Tuesday, 17 May 2016
Large human brain evolved thanks to increased metabolic rate
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/may/04/large-human-brain-evolved-thanks-to-increased-metabolic-rate?CMP=twt_a-science_b-gdnscience
Sunday, 15 May 2016
Despite their small brains, ravens and crows may be just as clever as chimps, research suggests
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160426101527.htm
Wednesday, 23 March 2016
Cro Magnon skull shows that our brains have shrunk
http://phys.org/news/2010-03-cro-magnon-skull-brains-shrunk.html
Tuesday, 15 March 2016
Researchers figure out similarities in brain architecture between birdsand apes
http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/researchers-figure-out-similarities-in.html
Sunday, 13 March 2016
How Humans Evolved Supersize Brains
https://www.quantamagazine.org/20151110-evolution-of-big-brains
A Genetic Map Hints At What Makes A Brain Human
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/11/16/456197216/a-genetic-map-hints-at-what-makes-a-brain-human?utm_source=hootsuite
Why Some Animals Have a Head for Directions [Cartoon]
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-some-animals-have-a-head-for-directions-cartoon/
Down From the Trees, Humans Finally Got a Decent Night’s Sleep
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/12/22/science/down-from-the-trees-humans-finally-got-a-decent-nights-sleep.html
Friday, 26 February 2016
Dodo Birds Weren't Dodos After All
http://m.livescience.com/53822-dodo-birds-were-smart.html
Thursday, 11 February 2016
The Link Between Neanderthal DNA and Depression Risk
http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/02/neanderthal-dna-affects-depression-risk-today/462345/
Tuesday, 26 January 2016
Some Carnivores Are Better Than Others at Unlocking Dinner
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/01/26/science/some-carnivores-are-better-than-others-at-unlocking-dinner.html
Thursday, 3 December 2015
What Makes Our Brains Special?
www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-makes-our-brains-special/
Sunday, 22 November 2015
The Unique Flexibility of the Human Brain
http://www.psmag.com/health-and-behavior/the-unique-flexibility-of-the-human-brain
Chimpanzee personality linked to anatomy of brain structures, study finds
http://www.psypost.org/2015/09/chimpanzee-personality-linked-to-anatomy-of-brain-structures-study-finds-38029
How to fossilize a brain
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-fossilize-brain-180957219/
Monday, 16 November 2015
Tiny protein 'compasses' found in fruit flies - and potentially humans
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/nov/16/tiny-protein-compasses-found-in-fruit-flies-and-potentially-humans?CMP=twt_gu
Saturday, 31 October 2015
Tracing the Evolution of the Human Brain Through Casts of the Inner Skull
http://m.mentalfloss.com/article/70306/tracing-evolution-human-brain-through-casts-inner-skull
How Sound Shaped The Evolution Of Your Brain
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/09/10/436342537/how-sound-shaped-the-evolution-of-your-brain
Tuesday, 6 October 2015
Stem cell research hints at evolution of human brain
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-09-stem-cell-hints-evolution-human.html
Saturday, 12 September 2015
Studying cephalopods may illuminate the evolution of brains of all sorts
http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21660955-studying-cephalopods-may-illuminate-evolution-brains-all-sorts-tentacles
Blind cave fish evolved a shrunken brain to save energy
http://www.theguardian.com/science/neurophilosophy/2015/sep/11/blind-cave-fish-evolved-an-energy-saving-shrunken-brain?CMP=share_btn_tw
Thursday, 10 September 2015
Ancient ancestor of humans with tiny brain discovered
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/09/150910084610.htm
Friday, 28 August 2015
Single Molecular Event Holds Key to How We Evolved to Become the Smartest Animals
http://neurosciencenews.com/ptbp1-neuroscience-evolution-brain-2484/
New fossil skulls reveal insights about penguin brain evolution
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150827111635.htm?
Saturday, 4 July 2015
Old world monkey had tiny yet complex brain.
http://neurosciencenews.com/evolution-brain-complexity-vctoriapithecus-2193/
Thursday, 21 May 2015
Brains, Genes, and Primates: The future of higher research on the planet of the apes
http://phys.org/news/2015-05-brains-genes-primates-future-higher.html
Bats in Flight: How Information About Airflow is Sent to the Brain
http://neurosciencenews.com/bat-flight-touch-evolution-2016
For an Octopus, Seeing the Light Doesn’t Require Eyes
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/05/21/science/for-an-octopus-seeing-the-light-doesnt-require-eyes.html?_r=0&referrer=
Wednesday, 20 May 2015
The fly's neural compass works just like a mammal's
Thursday, 7 May 2015
Why would an animal lose its brain?
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150424-animals-that-lost-their-brains
Thursday, 9 April 2015
Thanks to evolution, blind cave-dwellers are rapidly losing the visual parts of their brains
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/04/08/thanks-to-evolution-blind-cave-dwellers-are-rapidly-losing-the-visual-parts-of-their-brains/
Monday, 30 March 2015
Did Neurons Evolve Twice?
https://www.quantamagazine.org/20150325-did-neurons-evolve-twice/
Sunday, 15 March 2015
Researchers map switches that shaped the evolution of the human brain
http://app.rdmag.com/news/2015/03/researchers-map-switches-shaped-evolution-human-brain
Brain evolution and disease A Faustian bargain
http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21645713-could-key-evolution-human-brain-be-found-dreadful?fsrc=rss%7Csct
Friday, 27 February 2015
'Big Brain' Gene Found in Humans, Not Chimps
http://news.discovery.com/human/evolution/big-brain-gene-found-in-humans-not-chimps-150226.htm?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed#mkcpgn=rssnws1
Monday, 23 February 2015
Mouse embryo with big brain: Evolving a bigger brain with human DNA
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150219133104.htm
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