New research links an ancient DNA sequence to neuron growth, brain-cell balance, and a cognitive flexibility trait that may ...

Researchers have now discovered that HAR123, a regulatory gene sequence, is an important factor in human brain development.

Evolution of human 'super-brain' tied to development of bipedalism, tool-making Date: April 20, 2011 Source: University of Colorado at Boulder Summary: Scientists seeking to understand the origin ...

Noonan’s lab is focused on understanding how HAR s contribute to the evolution of uniquely human brain features. In previous work the team has shown that some HAR s alter gene expression in ...

Modern humans, Neanderthals, and other recent relatives on our human family tree evolved bigger brains much more rapidly than earlier species, a new study of human brain evolution has found. The ...

The stickiness of human neurons may have been a key factor in why the human brain evolved beyond the brains of our primate relatives. In a study comparing the genomes of humans, chimpanzees and ...

Researchers led by Dr. Alexandros Karakostis from the Institute for Archaeological Science and the Senckenberg Center for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment at the University of Tübingen ...

Researchers at UCSF have succeeded in mapping the genetic signature of a unique group of stem cells in the human brain that seem to generate most of the neurons in our massive cerebral cortex.

Their study found that metabolite concentrations evolved rapidly over the course of human evolution in two tissues: in the brain and, more surprisingly, in muscle. An article describing their findings ...

FLICKR, GREENFLAMES09 Scientists and philosophers alike have long grasped for the essence that makes humans human, and one answer lies in the brain. Specifically, human brains express genes in ...

It's even possible that we've reached an evolutionary dead end. Consider the fact that the human brain hasn't expanded all that much in at least 160,000 years. You might think that if bigger brains ...

A much deeper antiquity for aquatic food use is suggested in another recent study, by Jose Joordens and her colleagues (2009, Journal of Human Evolution 57:656-671).