The influence of an unknown population and its impact on intelligence was discovered in our DNA by researchers using a new ...

According to the study, our ancestors split from a group 1.5 million years ago and rejoined them 300,000 years ago.

Although the brain represents only 2% of body weight, it consumes 20% of our energy. A recent study sheds light on the ...

Humans have unique brain connections affecting emotions, social intelligence, and language, unlike chimpanzees or macaques.

Scientists have uncovered evidence that modern humans emerged from two long-separated ancestral groups, not just one. This ...

This unknown population contributed 20% of our DNA and may have boosted humans' brain function. "The fact that we can ...

UCLA Health researchers say study findings uncover Huntington's disease mechanisms and pave new ways to develop treatments.

New methods using DNA from living humans, however, have opened a clearer ... particularly those related to brain function and neural processing, may have played a crucial role in human evolution." ...

Dr Shahid continued: "The helicase mechanism we've uncovered appears to be evolutionarily conserved from viruses to humans, providing a universal blueprint for understanding DNA replication across ...

The first-in-human study, which imaged the COX-2 enzyme, offers a never-before-seen view of inflammation in the brain, opening the door for COX-2 PET imaging to be used in clinical and research ...