A new study from Northwestern University is reshaping how scientists think about brain evolution. The research suggests that ...

In the mice with large-brain primate microbes, the researchers found increased expression of genes associated with energy ...

Researchers uncover evidence that the gut microbiome and brain connection can influence brain gene expression and neural ...

The microorganisms in our gastrointestinal tract-the gut microbiome, can exert a profound influence on the human body, and ...

Could our gut hold the key to human intelligence? New research shows gut microbes can shape brain development, boost energy ...

A pioneering study provides new evidence that gut microbes vary across primate species and can shape physiology in ways ...

Longer thumbs mean bigger brains, scientists have found—revealing how human hands and minds evolved together. Researchers studied 94 different primate species, including fossils and living animals, to ...

The placenta and the hormones it produces may have played a crucial role in the evolution of the human brain, while also leading to the behavioral traits that have made human societies able to thrive ...

For more than a century, scientists have treated the brain as the undisputed command center of human evolution, with the rest ...