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

Their study, published in Neuron, provides a surprisingly direct link between human brain evolution and neurodevelopmental disorders.

The pelvis is often called the keystone of upright locomotion. More than any other part of our lower body, it has been ...

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) often strikes our most human traits, such as the ability to speak and to interact on social and emotional levels. Now, research led by Lorenzo Pasquini and William Seeley ...

Now, a new study offers support for the hypothesis that these ancient viral remnants play a key role in the early stages of human development and may have been implicated in our evolution.

Neuralink is entering a new chapter as Elon Musk announces the launch of its second human trials, marking a major milestone in brain-machine interface technology. In this video, we explore what these ...

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

The origins of human language remain mysterious. Are we the only animals truly capable of complex speech? Are Homo sapiens the only hominids who could give detailed directions to a far-off ...

Fossilized teeth show that two different kinds of ancient human ancestors coexisted more than 2 million years ago. One of ...