From Ant Brains, Seeking New Lessons about Human Behavior and Society

https://www.bu.edu/articles/2020/from-ant-brains-seeking-new-lessons-about-human-behavior-and-society/

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/

Thinking without a brain

https://wyss.harvard.edu/news/thinking-without-a-brain/

Human body size shaped by climate, evolutionary study shows

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/jul/08/human-body-size-shaped-by-climate-evolutionary-study-shows

Study of mangrove rivulus fish hints at mechanism for brain evolution of land animals

https://phys.org/news/2021-06-mangrove-rivulus-fish-hints-mechanism.html

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

Why Did We Evolve Brains In The First Place?

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/why-did-we-evolve-brains-in-the-first-place

Neanderthals carb loaded, helping grow their big brains

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/05/neanderthals-carb-loaded-helping-grow-their-big-brains

Brain's movement control centre may have had key role in our evolution

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2276936-brains-movement-control-centre-may-have-had-key-role-in-our-evolution/#ixzz6u7USYkql

‘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

Brain development is surprisingly similar between humans and other primates

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

These Ants Shrink Their Brains for a Chance to Become Queen

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/13/science/ants-brains-queen.html?smid=tw-share

Animals with weird neurons may rewrite the story of brain evolution

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2274125-animals-with-weird-neurons-may-rewrite-the-story-of-brain-evolution/

Cérebros maiores influenciam tomada de decisões sociais complexas

https://www.natgeo.pt/ciencia/2021/03/cerebros-maiores-influenciam-tomada-de-decisoes-sociais-complexas

A discovery that 'literally changes the textbook'

https://phys.org/news/2021-04-discovery-literally-textbook.html

Early Humans’ Brains Were More Apelike than Modern

https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/early-humans-brains-were-more-apelike-than-modern-68649

Waarom een aap geen taal kan leren

https://www.nemokennislink.nl/publicaties/waarom-een-aap-geen-taal-kan-leren/

Solving the mammal brain size puzzle

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

Bees have higher brain cell density than birds – but ants don’t

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2272200-bees-have-higher-brain-cell-density-than-birds-but-ants-dont/

When our evolutionary ancestors first crawled onto land, their brains only half-filled their skulls

https://theconversation.com/when-our-evolutionary-ancestors-first-crawled-onto-land-their-brains-only-half-filled -their-skulls-157418

New Technique Reveals Genes Underlying Human Evolution

https://neurosciencenews.com/genetics-human-evolution-18056/

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

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

Neandertalized ‘Mini Brains’ Yield Clues to Modern Human Uniqueness

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/neandertalized-mini-brains-yield-clues-to-modern-human-uniqueness/

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

Reviewing past neuroscience research that explores the neural mechanisms of aggression

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-11-neuroscience-explores-neural-mechanisms-aggression.html

The evolution of intelligence: Do we know how to study it?

https://medium.com/@nwiggenhauser/the-evolution-of-intelligence-8b25cc674c87

A Black Biologist Pioneered Animal Intelligence Research, but His Work Was Buried

https://gizmodo.com/a-black-biologist-pioneered-animal-intelligence-researc-1845519880/amp?utm_medium=sharefromsite&utm_source=gizmodo_twitter&__twitter_impression=true

Why bird brains are more brilliant than anyone suspected

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/10/why-bird-brains-are-more-brilliant-anyone-suspected

Happiness and the evolution of brain size

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-10-happiness-evolution-brain-size.html

New neuron type discovered only in primate brains

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-10-neuron-primate-brains.amp?__twitter_impression=true

Evolutionary and Heritable Axes Shape Our Brain

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

Primate brain size does not predict their intelligence

https://phys.org/news/2020-09-primate-brain-size-intelligence.html

Researchers show conscious processes in birds' brains for the first time

https://phys.org/news/2020-09-conscious-birds-brains.html

How the seasons might influence brain size

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

When did we become fully human? What fossils and DNA tell us about the evolution of modern intelligence

https://theconversation.com/when-did-we-become-fully-human-what-fossils-and-dna-tell-us-about-the-evolution-of-modern-intelligence-143717

The Length of the Neurogenic Period Is a Key Determinant for Brain Size

https://neurosciencenews.com/neurogenic-brain-size-16969/

Size matters: Bigger brains equal more complex hand movements in primates

https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/primate-brain-size.amp.html?__twitter_impression=true

Yale to lead international team studying brain evolution

https://news.yale.edu/2020/08/17/yale-lead-international-team-studying-brain-evolution

The human brain: not just large but finely shaped

https://phys.org/news/2020-07-human-brain-large-finely.html

We May Have 'Recycled' a Key Region of Our Brains as Humans Learned to Read

https://www.sciencealert.com/we-may-have-recycled-parts-of-our-brain-as-humans-learned-to-read

Parts of the human brain have been “recycled” for reading, indicates study

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20200805/Parts-of-the-human-brain-have-been-e2809crecyclede2809d-for-reading-indicates-study.aspx

Study: Big brains allow dexterous hands

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-07-big-brains-dexterous.html

How the geometry of ancient habitats may have influenced human brain evolution

https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/07/how-the-geometry-of-ancient-habitats-may-have-influenced-human-brain-evolution/

The Secrets Hiding in the Simplest Animal Brains

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-secrets-hiding-in-the-simplest-animal-brains?utm_source=emailsynd&utm_medium=social

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 Human Brains Are Different: It Has a Lot to Do with the Connections

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-human-brains-are-different-it-has-a-lot-to-do-with-the-connections/

Scientists produce a single-cell-resolution map of brain genes in humans and other primates

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-06-scientists-single-cell-resolution-brain-genes-humans.amp?__twitter_impression=true

Brain Gene Tops the List for Making Humans, Human

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/brain-gene-tops-list-making-humans-human-180975128/?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=socialmedia