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

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

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

Two studies published in the latest issue of Science, led by Dr. Fernando García-Moreno, Ikerbasque researcher at the ...

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

The pallium is the brain region where the neocortex forms in mammals, the part responsible for cognitive and complex ...

A major event in vertebrate evolution was the transition from aquatic to terrestrial life, made possible by the emergence of ...

The brains of birds and mammals have diverged substantially during the course of evolution. A research team at the Center for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University has investigated how similar ...

Scientists have unearthed in southeastern China the fossil of a quail-sized bird that lived about 150 million years ago ...

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

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

A new Yale study provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the process differed from the evolution of chimpanzees. For the study, published ...