New insights have emerged into how the human brain develops. Two genes that are unique to humans work together to influence ...

By comparing modern human, Neanderthal, and chimpanzee skulls, researchers have uncovered a unique trait having to do with ...

Our faces don’t just distinguish us from other people, but other species as well. Neanderthals bore stout jaws and broad ...

Two specific genes that evolve exclusively in humans jointly influence the development of the cerebrum. Researchers from the ...

Intriguingly, some of the strongest evidence of adaptation in chimpanzees is found in genes that are involved in adaptation to malaria in humans: GYPA and HBB. GYPA encodes a protein that the malaria ...

Let's talk about menopause, AI, Alzheimer's and more health topics at South by Southwest, with some lab brains and nature ...

A study of artificial human and chimpanzee nerve cells revealed how faster-evolving DNA gives neurons the ability to build increasingly complex brain power How did humans evolve brains capable of ...

HARs make up a big portion of the 1% difference, which can lead to dramatically different outcomes in human and chimp neurons in petri dishes. The human neurons grew multiple neurites, or wiry ...

The human neurons grew multiple neurites, wiry projections that help the nerve cells send and receive signals. But the chimp neurons only grew single neurites. When human HARs were engineered into ...