A genetic study published on Tuesday offers an important new clue. Researchers found that, between 250,000 and 500,000 years ...

The Noonan lab at Yale University is focused on understanding how HARs contribute to the evolution of uniquely human brain features.

Now researchers from The Rockefeller University have unearthed intriguing genetic evidence: a protein variant found only in humans that may have helped shape the emergence of spoken language.

Scientists have uncovered a fascinating piece of the puzzle surrounding the origins of human language, suggesting that a ...

In a lab at Rockefeller University in New York, a mouse squeaks. But this is no ordinary squeak. It is a strange, complex ...

Human instincts shape society, influencing power, inequality, and survival. Education can challenge these patterns.

Beauty follows objective patterns in nature, guided by evolution and mathematics. The Fibonacci sequence and Golden Ratio ...

Knowing a little more about how biological vision works can help students to recognize what’s behind the arc of computer ...

Whether humans are singular among animals in their use of complex language remains a hot topic among scientists in many fields. Rockefeller University researchers Robert B. Darnell and Erich D. Jarvis ...

Why did humans start speaking? Scientists suggest genetics played a big role. They say the evolution of this singular ability ...