WASHINGTON, June 1 (Reuters) - The most comprehensive genomic study ever on primates - a group whose membership includes lemurs, monkeys, apes and people - has revealed pivotal genetic traits that are ...

The human brain is a fascinating and complex organ that supports numerous sophisticated behaviors and abilities that are ...

It takes a huge amount of energy for human brains to grow to their current large size and be maintained over time. Our early human ancestors evolved to grow bigger brains, but the biological changes ...

A new investigation led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine’s Human Genome Sequencing Center, the Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, Spain, and ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Primates have larger brains than most other mammals of their size. This gives them advanced ...

A team in the Hübner and Diecke Labs at the Max Delbrück Center have shown how human and non-human primate hearts differ genetically. The study, published in “Nature Cardiovascular Research,” reveals ...

Scientists researching primates, called "primatologists," have learned a lot over the years about our closest evolutionary ...

The brain does not merely recognize the human voice. A study from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) shows that certain areas ...

On dry nights, the San hunter-gatherers of Namibia often sleep under the stars. They have no electric lights or new Netflix releases keeping them awake. Yet when they rise in the morning, they haven’t ...

A new review was published in Aging (listed by MEDLINE/PubMed as "Aging (Albany NY)" and "Aging-US" by Web of Science), on October 29, 2024, Volume 16, Issue 20, titled, "Brain aging and Alzheimer's ...

Chimpanzees share almost all their gene sequences with humans, and this closeness has made them ideal animal models for many human diseases. But similarities between humans and nonhuman primates go ...