What makes the human brain unique? A Yale study unlocks new insights into genetic changes that shaped our evolution.

A new Yale study provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the ...

The human brain is a highly complex organ and the most efficient information processing system. In 2005, with the approval of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, The University of ...

Like some present-day apes, this species had a "sagittal crest" (a ridge running ... erectus' and smaller than that of a modern human. The brain was enclosed in a skull that was more rounded ...

Certain proteins found in the human brain have long been known to be critical to controlling how brain cells communicate with each other. So-called GABA A receptors are proteins that control the ...

A new Yale study provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the process differed from the evolution of chimpanzees. For the study, published ...