Gut Microbes may have helped fuel the evolution of large human brains, shaping brain metabolism and gene activity, new ...

In the mice with large-brain primate microbes, the researchers found increased expression of genes associated with energy ...

A new study from Northwestern University is reshaping how scientists think about brain evolution. The research suggests that ...

Graduate student Emre Caglayan (left) and lead scientist Genevieve Konopka stand in their lab Oct. 17 at the Pickens Biomedical Building on the campus of UT Southwestern in Dallas. Elías Valverde ...

The microorganisms in our gastrointestinal tract-the gut microbiome, can exert a profound influence on the human body, and ...

The first hint of a brain developed on Earth around 600 million years ago, and now, some version of the organ can be found in nearly every animal in the world. Humans have the largest brain size ...

Humans, who are classified among the five great apes, are closest genetically, i.e., DNA similarity, to chimpanzees (98.8%-99%) and bonobos (98.8%). [Blueringmedia ...

Longer thumbs mean bigger brains, scientists have found—revealing how human hands and minds evolved together. Researchers studied 94 different primate species, including fossils and living animals, to ...

The longer the thumb, the bigger the brain, evolution study suggests By Pranjal Malewar September 07, 2025 The research found the bigger a primate's brain the longer its thumbs were, affirming a ...

In a new study published in Science, a Belgian research team explores how genetic switches controlling gene activity define brain cell types across species. They trained deep learning models on human, ...

For more than a century, scientists have treated the brain as the undisputed command center of human evolution, with the rest ...