A viral infection from millions of years ago may have influenced chimp brain evolution through DNA leftovers in the genome.

An ancient viral insertion silences LINC00662 in chimpanzee cells, while the gene is active during early human brain ...

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

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

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 ...

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

Alzheimer’s disease is characterized by two major abnormalities in the brain: the accumulation of amyloid-beta plaques ...

An MRI scan typically provides information at the millimetre scale. The new atlases offer a finer view of the brain's ...

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When you're listening to a familiar language, you hear individual words, but what if the language is unfamiliar? UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: (Speaking Japanese). SUMMERS: Unless you speak Japanese, that ...