Gut Microbes may have helped fuel the evolution of large human brains, shaping brain metabolism and gene activity, new ...
The human brain is a greedy organ. It gulps energy, demands constant upkeep, and somehow grew far larger (relative to body ...
For more than a century, scientists have treated the brain as the undisputed command center of human evolution, with the rest ...
Humans, who are classified among the five great apes, are closest genetically, i.e., DNA similarity, to chimpanzees (98.8%-99%) and bonobos (98.8%). [Blueringmedia ...
Researchers at the University of Maine are theorizing that human beings may be in the midst of a major evolutionary shift—driven not by genes, but by culture. "Human evolution seems to be changing ...