Synaptic plasticity allows brains to learn, adapt, and rewire. It’s foundational to memory, problem-solving, and complex ...
How much does it matter where you are born, or whether you are heavy or light, if you are a house sparrow? Researcher Kenneth ...
New research shows gut bacteria can directly influence how the brain develops and functions. When scientists transferred ...
In the mice with large-brain primate microbes, the researchers found increased expression of genes associated with energy ...
Wild bears are becoming increasingly friendly and less aggressive - much like Baloo in The Jungle Book - according to a new ...
It's considered one of the most decisive steps in human evolution. Now, scientists believe they have pinpointed when our ...
It's considered one of the most decisive steps in human evolution. Now, scientists believe they have pinpointed when our ...
A landmark study of an ancient thigh bone confirms when our earliest ancestors stood upright. This discovery proves that the ...
For the first time, scientists have reconstructed ancient genomes of Human betaherpesvirus 6A and 6B (HHV-6A/B) from ...
A seven-million-year-old fossil may rewrite human origins, showing our ancestors were walking upright far earlier than anyone expected.
New study of 7-million-year-old fossils from Chad proves Sahelanthropus tchadensis walked upright while still climbing trees.
The pelvis is often called the keystone of upright movement. It helps explain how human ancestors left life on all fours behind. Yet the “how” has stayed fuzzy for decades. A new Nature study led by ...