Recent scientific efforts have advanced the development of a comprehensive primate evolutionary timetree, filling significant ...

In a new article published in Frontiers in Bioinformatics, biologists Dr. Jack M Craig, Dr. Blair Hedges, and Dr. Sudhir ...

A new study suggests that gut microbes played a key role in the evolution of larger brains in primates by influencing energy ...

A new laboratory study in mice suggests that primates like humans evolved large brains with a helping hand from microbes that ...

The human environment is a very social one. Family, friends, colleagues, strangers—they all provide a continuous stream of ...

Discover how gut bacteria may have influenced the development of our large brains. Dive into the groundbreaking study that ...

Gut microbiota from primates with larger brains promotes glucose production and energy allocation for brain function, ...

Researchers show gut microbes may have fueled brain evolution by optimizing energy use. Experiments revealed that microbes in ...

“We know the community of microbes living in the large intestine can produce compounds that affect aspects of human biology – ...

Brain tissue is among the most energetically costly in the body, and as a result, larger-brained mammals require more energy to support brain growth and maintenance. Exactly which biological changes ...

Compared to other large primates, humans have unusually big brains. Now, scientists have suggested that the large size of our ...

particularly the evolution of our large brains. Prior studies have compared the influence of genes and the environment on primates with bigger and smaller brains. However, there are very few ...