Scientists found that evolution led bird and mammal brains to evolve separately, using different genetic instructions.

Three studies of the brain regions responsible for processing sensory information show that their neurons are and communicate ...

New research has revealed that birds, reptiles, and mammals have developed complex brain circuits independently, despite sharing a common ancestor. These findings challenge the traditional view of ...

Early efforts to describe brain evolution, such as Herrick's 1926 ... organization from comparative studies on a broad range of vertebrate species. Systematic approaches have been developed ...

New studies show that bird and mammal brains evolved separately, with distinct genetic programs and developmental mechanisms.

Retroviruses were required for vertebrate evolution to take off. If we didn’t have retroviruses sticking their sequences into ...

Researchers discovered how genetic switches shaped human brain evolution by fine-tuning shared gene expression.

In a new study published in Science, a Belgian research team explores how genetic switches controlling gene activity define ...

Fossils found in the Burgess Shale of British Columbia show traces of a notochord (a rodlike primitive backbone), a significant step in the evolution of vertebrates. Cambrian sediments found in ...

Two studies published in the latest issue of Science have revealed that birds, reptiles, and mammals have developed complex ...