The findings have the potential to resolve the longstanding "Muddle in the Middle" of human evolution, researchers said.

How a brain's anatomical structure relates to its function is one of the most important questions in neuroscience. It ...

As artificial intelligence is pitted against the brain, Jim Al-Khalili, broadcaster and professor of theoretical physics, ...

Researchers discovered that autism’s prevalence may be linked to human brain evolution. Specific neurons in the outer brain evolved rapidly, and autism-linked genes changed under natural selection.

Are the brains of left-handers different than those of right-handers? A recent study investigated this question from a new ...

After spending more than four months studying the evolution of the brain, Jim Al-Khalili has never been so sure of its ...

A team of scientists at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) has published new evidence suggesting that the ...

A natural compound present in the brain shows promise in reducing stroke damage by protecting the blood-brain barrier and lowering inflammation. DMT, short for dimethyltryptamine, is a naturally ...

A new study examines the evolutionary connection between the fine manipulation of objects and the associated development of ...

A researcher went back over 100 years of brain science that lead him to a radical conclusion about consciousness.

New research shows that DMT, a natural psychoactive compound found in plants and the human brain, can protect against stroke damage in animal and cell models.

The findings suggest Homo sapiens could have begun to emerge over 1 million years ago, much earlier than previously believed.