If you look at a Neanderthal skull and a Homo sapiens skull, they’re visibly different: Neanderthal skulls are lower and longer, whereas ours tend to be rounder. However, those differences probably ...

Brain size can matter across the broad sweep of primate evolution but among humans isn't the best way to estimate ...

Ticklish laughter appears across primates and triggers ancient brain circuits. Yet after two millennia of inquiry, its evolutionary function remains genuinely unresolved.

For more than a century, science assumed Neanderthals lost out to modern humans because of inferior brains. A landmark new ...

Discover 25 everyday things humans just can’t do and why. Explore fascinating biological and physical limits, from licking your elbow to folding paper. Unc ...

Neuroanatomy has long been the bottleneck for medical students, but in 2026, a generation of gamers and streamers is rewriting the playbook. By applying speedrunning tactics—breaking down complex ...

Back when dinosaurs stomped the Earth, dinky mammals scurried about in their shadows. The little furballs, hiding out in underground burrows, provided a fresh ...

A cerebellar stroke is a rare type of stroke. It affects the cerebellum, an area of the brain responsible for coordinating movement and balance. It can happen when a blockage or bleeding leads to cell ...

Brain injury in the extremely premature infant occurs most frequently within the first days after birth (1), preceding major developmental events in the cerebral hemispheres that normally occur during ...

Anatomy is the field of biology that studies the structure of living things. Anatomy focuses on the composition, structure and location of the parts of organisms tissues, organs and systems as well as ...

Although evidence accumulates that the cerebellum is involved in cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA), cerebellar superficial siderosis is not considered to be a disease marker. The objective of this ...