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

Could our gut hold the key to human intelligence? New research shows gut microbes can shape brain development, boost energy ...

The human brain is one of the most complex structures in nature, but the brain's origins stretch back hundreds of millions of years. A new study using AI deep-learning models has revealed more about ...

In his new BBC show, Jim Al-Khalili journeys through hundreds of millions of years of brain evolution. Live Science spoke to him about what he learned along the way and how this knowledge sheds new ...

A fossil smaller than a human fingernail has revealed a complete ancient brain, turning a speck of stone into a detailed map of early animal evolution. Encased inside this tiny creature are preserved ...

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