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If humans are getting smarter, why are our brains shrinking? livescience.com/archaeology/…

If humans are getting smarter, why are our brains shrinking?

Human brains have been shrinking since prehistoric times, some studies suggest. Whether this is true and why it has happened are debated.

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A.Benítez-Burraco@abenitezburraco
Feb 24
Humans might have developed a system of conventional signs already 40,000 years ago (with sign sequences having a complexity comparable to the earliest protocuneiform) pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.25…
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The Dissenter@TheDissenterYT
May 8
In episode 689, I talk with Dr. Michael Tomasello about his fascinating book, The Evolution of Agency: Behavioral Organization from Lizards to Humans. #Biology #psychology #Science youtu.be/-SRiGcxwJzQ

#689 Michael Tomasello - The Evolution of Agency: Behavioral Organi...

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A.Benítez-Burraco@abenitezburraco
May 8
Language-like properties in the vocal behavior of animals sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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A.Benítez-Burraco@abenitezburraco
May 7
Enhanced cortical control over vocalizations in mouse species as a result of specific expansion of motor cortical projections nature.com/articles/s41586-0…

Specific expansion of motor cortical projections in a singing mouse

Nature - High-throughput barcoded neuroanatomy of two closely related rodent species with divergent vocalizations reveals differences in long-range projection motifs in the brain that may support...

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Peter Godfrey-Smith
@pgodfreysmith
May 7
Link here to a preprint of my short article about consciousness, "biological naturalism," and electrical brain rhythms published by @IAI_TV earlier this year. Preprint: petergodfreysmith.com/wp-con… Original (no longer open access): iai.tv/articles/studies-on-a…
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A.Benítez-Burraco@abenitezburraco
May 8
Origins and evolution of imagination, from Australopithecus to modern-day Deep Learning wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.co…
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Roberto Sáez@robertosaezm
May 2
La bipedación y la expansión neuroanatómica se han identificado como probables impulsores clave de la lateralización humana, la preferencia por la mano derecha: Bipedalism and brain expansion explain human handedness journals.plos.org/plosbiolog…

Bipedalism and brain expansion explain human handedness

Why do humans exhibit a striking and near-universal population-level right-hand preference? This study of 41 anthropoid species reveals Homo sapiens as an evolutionary outlier and identifies bipeda...

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Roberto Sáez@robertosaezm
May 2
"cognitive differences between Neanderthals and amHs would have comfortably fit within the range found among modern human populations—which are generally not considered evolutionarily significant" Neanderthal brain and cognition reconsidered pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.24…

Neanderthal brain and cognition reconsidered | PNAS

Neanderthal endocrania are different in shape, though slightly larger in size than modern humans on average. These shape differences have long been...

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CRCpaleos@CRCpaleos
May 3
INTELIGENCIA NEANDERTAL La comparación de los cerebros de neandertales y sapiens cuestiona la idea de que nuestra especie sustituyó a los neandertales por ser más inteligente 📰 larazon.es/ciencia/comparan-… vía @larazon_es #Paleoantropologia #Homininos
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Dániel Barabási@bdanubius
Apr 30
A global screen for magnetically induced neuronal activity in the pigeon brain by Gregory C. Nordmann, @spencerbalay et al How do birds navigate? This whole-brain screen suggests a route from inner-ear physics to neural activity. science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
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Do octopus brains work like humans’ — or is there another way to be smart? nature.com/articles/d41586-0…

Do octopus brains work like humans’ — or is there another way to be smart?

Nature - Just like vertebrates, cephalopods — such as octopuses and squid — have elaborate brains. Neuroscientists are flocking to them for insights into how intelligence evolved.

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How a Brainless Organism Learns Using Neuron-Like Machinery - neurosciencenews.com/single-…

How a Brainless Organism Learns Using Neuron-Like Machinery - Neuroscience News

The single-celled Stentor coeruleus learns through CaMKII-driven protein modification, mirroring mechanisms found in the human brain.

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‘The Brain, In Theory,’ an excerpt | The Transmitter: Neuroscience News and Perspectives thetransmitter.org/theoretic…

‘The Brain, In Theory,’ an excerpt

In his new book, Brette pushes back against theories that describe the brain as a “biological computer.” In this excerpt from Chapter 4, he challenges equating brain evolution with programming…

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Dogs’ brains began to shrink at least 5,000 years ago, study finds theguardian.com/science/2026…

Dogs’ brains began to shrink at least 5,000 years ago, study finds

Research offers insights into domestication of dogs but it remains unclear why they ended up with smaller brains than wolves

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Steve Stewart-Williams
@SteveStuWill
Apr 27
“Not only do different orca groups have different cultures, they’ve evolved biologically in response to those cultures. This is the first confirmed case of gene-culture coevolution in a nonhuman animal.” stevestewartwilliams.com/p/s…
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Thomas Püschel@ThomasPuschel
Apr 28
Why do humans exhibit such a striking right-hand preference? We studied 41 anthropoid species, revealing #Homosapiens as an evolutionary outlier & identifying #bipedalism & #brain expansion as likely drivers of human lateralization @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4ufOvWJ

Bipedalism and brain expansion explain human handedness

Why do humans exhibit a striking and near-universal population-level right-hand preference? This study of 41 anthropoid species reveals Homo sapiens as an evolutionary outlier and identifies bipeda...

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A.Benítez-Burraco@abenitezburraco
Apr 29
Conference: "Ape Inferential Communication: The next frontier in animal communication" Wednesday 13 May 2026 sites.google.com/site/philip…

philippeschlenker/teaching - LINGUAE-AL-Animal Linguistics Seminar

FORMAT Following a successful trial session in July 2025, we will organize an online seminar on animal linguistics, entirely on Zoom, open world-wide: 1 hour including questions followed by 15...

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Dr. Carmen Falcone@CarmenFalcone6
Mar 12
Escaped the snow in Baltimore to go to the #Scialog conference in Neurobiology and Changing Ecosystems in Tucson, Arizona. Excited for 4 days of networking and lots of science chats with other #ScialogFellows! Thanks @RCSA1 for this opportunity!
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Dr. César Marín@cesarmarin203
Apr 21
Very nice paper with a necessary discussion. Also Im glad to see microbiologists taking this step.
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