Researchers uncover evidence that the gut microbiome and brain connection can influence brain gene expression and neural ...

A new study from Northwestern University is reshaping how scientists think about brain evolution. The research suggests that ...

The human brain is a greedy organ. It gulps energy, demands constant upkeep, and somehow grew far larger (relative to body ...

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

Researchers from 24 countries have analyzed the genomes of 809 individuals from 233 primate species, generating the most complete catalog of genomic information about our closest relatives to date.

Co-led by Guojie Zhang from Centre for Evolutionary & Organismal Biology at Zhejiang University, Dong-Dong Wu at Kunming Institute of Zoology, Xiao-Guang Qi at Northwest University, Li Yu at Yunnan ...

These researchers had already found that nearly 70% of newborn baboons, like human babies, had early asymmetry in the planum temporale(PT)area of the brain. The PT, which is also a key area for ...

AMHERST, Mass. — An international team of scientists led by a recent doctoral graduate from the University of Massachusetts Amherst sheds new light on the social behaviors of Kinda baboons (Papio ...