In the mice with large-brain primate microbes, the researchers found increased expression of genes associated with energy ...

For more than a century, scientists have treated the brain as the undisputed command center of human evolution, with the rest ...

A pioneering study provides new evidence that gut microbes vary across primate species and can shape physiology in ways ...

Human brains still react to chimp voices, hinting at a deep evolutionary link in how we recognize sound.

Though it accounts for just two percent of the body’s weight, the brain consumes a whopping 20% of its total energy. To get the energy it needs for more complicated tasks, the brain has evolved a ...

A part of the brain called the pallium is responsible for many complex functions. In mammals, the pallium is thought to be where the neocortex forms, and gives rise to the cerebral cortex and ...