What makes the human brain unique? A Yale study unlocks new insights into genetic changes that shaped our evolution.

BEIJING -- A collaborative team of scientists from China and other countries has mapped the most refined chimpanzee brain atlas to date, providing novel insights into the evolution of the human brain, ...

Researchers at GW have been awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop the first national chimpanzee brain resource. The faculty hope this database, the first of its kind, will ...

Your diaphragm contracts rhythmically and involuntarily (such as during sleep) due to signals from your brain. You can also voluntarily contract ... can have some minor variations in the diaphragm's ...

Beryl, a chimpanzee mother, and her daughter Lindsay, have created a unique gesture that no other chimps in their community use. Their story is not just about communication—it’s about the ...

The same is true of Beryl, a chimpanzee living in Kibale National Park, in Uganda, and her young daughter, Lindsay. When Lindsay wants to climb on her mother’s back and travel, she puts one hand ...

The brain interprets these sensory cues to understand what’s going on outside and inside the body. This allows a person to use their body to interact with their surrounding environment and ...

When a child develops a brain tumor, early diagnosis is essential. Alan Cohen, M.D., director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, shares the most common signs and symptoms ...

An analysis of those observations revealed that chimps were likely to pee together, and if a chimp was near an individual that was urinating, it too was more likely to start peeing — suggesting ...

"Urination, a seemingly simple physiological act, can also spread socially within a group." A recent study in the journal Current Biology led by scientists at Kyoto University's Wildlife Research ...

The study in 20 captive chimpanzees living at the Kumamoto Sanctuary in Japan shows that, when one chimp pees, others are more likely to follow. A new study reported in the Cell Press journal ...