How did the human brain become so much larger than that of our closest evolutionary relatives? Part of the answer lies not in ...

Lund researchers linked ancient viral DNA to a silenced chimpanzee gene, while human organoid tests revealed a role in ...

Young chimpanzees enjoy some fruit. (Martin Harvey/The Image Bank RF/Getty Images) Humans and chimpanzees are remarkably ...

The human brain's soft folds and ridges, arising in early development and continuing through the first 18 months of life, are a visual icon for intelligence itself. Peeling back the layers of this ...

Scientists have discovered why common marmosets have unusually small, smooth brains despite starting development much like ...

The human brain accounts for roughly 2% of total body weight but uses approximately 20% of our body's energy. Relative to our ...

A repetitive stretch of noncoding DNA helps regulate a gene active in human but not chimpanzee forebrain progenitor cells.

Humans and chimpanzees share almost all their genes. Despite this, our brains have developed in different ways. Researchers ...

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A new analysis of individual brain cells across several human brain regions reveals subtle but widespread differences in gene activity between male and female brains. This may help explain why some ...