The secrets of human brain evolution are beginning to be unveiled thanks to a recent study. Researchers have explored key ...

The human brain is more than seven times the expected size. Although evolution has enlarged the human brain, it hasn’t done so uniformly: some brain areas have ballooned more than others.

Also known as Homo heidelbergensis, this species has a brain that was larger than H. erectus' and smaller than that of a modern human. The brain was enclosed in a skull that was more rounded than H.

From birth to the last moments of life, the human brain is known to change and evolve significantly, both in terms of its ...

a new study of human brain evolution has found. The study, published today (Tuesday, 26 November) in the journal PNAS, overturns long-standing ideas about human brain evolution. Scientists from ...

The neocortex, the seat of our higher cognitive abilities, has expanded in size during the evolution of human. Our group is aiming to answer the long-lasting question: How our brains got bigger?

“We were interested in understanding what makes different brains tick. And, for obvious reasons, the human brain was one that we were particularly interested in,” Professor Rogier ...