Why did the human brain evolve? This study develops a Malthusian growth model with heterogeneous agents and natural selection to explore the evolution of human brain size. We find that if the ...

Discover the fascinating connection between the brain, human evolution, and our tendency to pack on the pounds. Learn how ...

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 study, published today (Tuesday, 26 November) in the journal PNAS, overturns long-standing ideas about human brain evolution.Scientists from the University of Reading, the University of Oxford ...

particularly the evolution of our large brains Mice with large-brain primate microbes eat more, but grew slower and put on less body fat Their bodies use the excess energy to produce high levels ...

Now, new research points to our guts. The secret to our big brain may lie in the microbes that help the body break down food and produce energy. The findings are detailed in a study published ...

The changes in the maternal brain during pregnancy are no accident—they’re deeply rooted in evolution, serving one critical ...

The goal of the project was to get beyond past studies that examined the cognitive effects of exercise at a single point in time. The researchers wanted to see how lifestyle factors like physical ...

Researchers are now looking to study other primates to further understand how gut microbes influence brain evolution.