Humans owe our impressive intellect to our large brains, which are unusually sophisticated thanks to evolution. The first surge in our brain size occurred ... years ago, human brains became ...

The discovery adds to the growing understanding of how genetic changes arising during evolution ... human brain, including cell types that may have contributed to the increased size of our brain ...

overturns long-standing ideas about human brain evolution. Scientists from the University of Reading, the University of Oxford and Durham University found that brain size increased gradually ...

Scientists have long tried to understand the human brain by comparing it to other primates. Researchers are still trying to ...

Humans have unique brain connections affecting emotions, social intelligence, and language, unlike chimpanzees or macaques.

in years ago): 7.6—6 million BRAIN SIZE (est., in cu cm): 360-370 (slightly smaller than a male chimp's) SPECIAL FEATURES: oldest known hominin; set apart from other fossil apes by smaller ...

Researchers discovered uniquely human neuroanatomical features in a study comparing human brains to macaque and chimpanzee ...

Scientists have long tried to understand the human brain by comparing it to other primates. Researchers are still trying to understand what makes our ...

The human brain stands ... evidence-based strategies for brain health, we can navigate each stage with greater awareness and appreciation for the remarkable evolution of human cognition.

Believed to be roughly the same size as A ... this species has a brain that was larger than H. erectus' and smaller than that of a modern human. The brain was enclosed in a skull that was more ...