Early efforts to describe brain evolution, such as Herrick's 1926 Brains in Rats and Men, were fun to read, but they were based on a very limited data set. Since then, there has been an explosion ...

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.

Researchers led by Dr. Alexandros Karakostis from the Institute for Archaeological Science and the Senckenberg Center for ...

"Technological innovations were crucial for human evolution," says Karakostis ... empirical evidence to support distinct patterns of brain activity during different behaviors and stages of ...

Explore the impact of AI on human evolution. Learn how small daily interactions with artificial intelligence could shape the ...

As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more common and sophisticated, its effects on human lives and societies raises new ...

In a sense, each of us begins life ready for action. Many animals perform amazing feats soon after they're born. Spiders spin ...

JERUSALEM, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- Israeli researchers have developed a genetic method to restore the DNA control systems of ancient human brains, despite the lack of preserved brain tissue over millions ...

Artificial intelligence is becoming a pivotal force in human lives, prompting questions about its evolutionary effects.

The brains of today's birds facilitate a level of cognitive prowess and behavioral complexity rivaled only by mammals. But ...

A new AI algorithm inspired by the genome’s ability to compress vast information offers insights into brain function and ...

Birds descended from the dinosaurs, but researchers have known relatively little about how the bird's brain took shape over ...