Brain Evolution News Today

The Roberta B. Holt Scholarship Fund at Mid-Shore Community Foundation celebrated its 10th anniversary this year by awarding $560,000 in scholarships to deserving Caroline County students.

Allison WhittenThe neocortex stands out as a stunning achievement of biological evolution. All mammals have this swath of tissue covering their brain,

The press center of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) in Moscow on February 22 told Izvestia that Yakut scientists had removed the brain of an ancient bear

Using a new equation based on today’s primates, scientists can take a few molar teeth from an extinct fossil species and reconstruct exactly how fast their offspring grew during gestation.

A new study provides detailed description of Cardiodictyon catenulum, a wormlike animal preserved in rocks in China's southern Yunnan province.

This unbridged gap between the ape-like australopithecines and the abruptly appearing human-like members of our genus challenges evolutionary accounts.

Human brains have decreased in size approximately 3,000 years ago. When and why did the evolutionary changes occur is answered.

Human brains have decreased in size approximately 3,000 years ago. When and why did the evolutionary changes occur is answered.

According to a new study, sleep evolved before brains did. Researchers found this out by studying a small freshwater creature called a hydra that appeared to be in a sleep-like state but has no brain. Jellyfish also appear to sleep and they don’t have a brain either. In a statement, Taichi Q. Itoh, who is an assistant professor at Kyushu University in Japan and an author of the study, stated, “We now have strong evidence that animals must have acquired the need to sleep before acquiring a b...

Close Researchers of a new study recently identified a state akin to sleep in a tiny, freshwater animal, also known as "hydra," which has simple anatomy and doesnt have a brain. Such a finding, as reported by Live Science, appears to oppose the common knowledge that the brain needs sleep to function properly. It turns out, based on what the researchers discovered, one does not require a brain to sleep. According to Japan-based Kyushu University assistant professor Taichi Itoh, they currently h...