An ancient member of the human family has gotten a digital facelift, and the new mug looks more ape-like than scientists previously thought. The new reconstruction suggests the large brains and ...

Last year, we wrote about a technology called tDCS-- transcranial direct current stimulation -- that improves your mental acuity by passing a small electrical current through your brain. The US Army ...

The Xujiayao site and the reconstructed skull of Xujiayao Man [Photo/Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology] An international team led by Chinese paleoanthropologists recently ...

For the past 2 million years, the size of the human brain has tripled, growing much faster than other mammals. Examining the reasons for human brain expansion, researchers studied three common ...

CALCULATION of the estimated cranial capacity of Olduvai hominid 7 (FLKNN I) was attempted on the basis of the ratio of biparietal endocast volume to total endocast volume 1,2. No serious attempt has ...

PROF. HOLLOWAY has shown effectively that the partial endocast of Homo habilis provides a valid basis for estimating its cranial capacity, and even for a far greater range of angles along the sagittal ...

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Humans may be responsible for a jump in brain growth among mice and some other small mammals living around us in both urban and rural settings, a new study finds. Small mammals that either produce a ...