For decades, large stretches of human DNA were dismissed as "junk" and considered to serve no real purpose. In a new study ...

Researchers have now discovered that HAR123, a regulatory gene sequence, is an important factor in human brain development.

"Medically astounding and emotionally piercing", the film "is a deep meditation of what it means to have lived", said Jack ...

What makes the human brain distinctive? A new study published July 21 in Cell identifies two genes linked to human brain features and provides a road map to discover many more. The research could lead ...

“Large brains and dexterous hands are considered pivotal in human evolution, together making possible technology, culture and ...

The size and structure of our brains go a long way to explaining what makes us human. But what caused our brains to become what they are? Some UC San Diego researchers have pin-pointed a part of our ...

New research links an ancient DNA sequence to neuron growth, brain-cell balance, and a cognitive flexibility trait that may ...