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A Journey Into the Brain
Danielle Gerhard, PhD
| Mar 22, 2024
| 10+ min read
With the help of directed evolution, scientists inch closer to developing viral vectors that can cross the human blood-brain barrier to deliver gene therapy.
Could a Less Complex Larynx Have Enabled Speech in Humans?
Alejandra Manjarrez, PhD
| Aug 11, 2022
| 4 min read
A paper argues that the evolutionary loss of a thin vocal membrane in the larynx may have facilitated oral communication.
Yeast Made to Harvest Light Hint at Evolution’s Past
Kamal Nahas, PhD
| Feb 21, 2024
| 6 min read
Scientists transferred light-harvesting proteins into yeast for the first time, shining a light on the past lives of eukaryotic cells.
Top 7 in Evolutionary Biology
Jef Akst
| Aug 29, 2011
| 3 min read
A snapshot of the most highly ranked articles in evolutionary biology, from Faculty of 1000
Why Human Speech Is Special
Philip Lieberman
| Jul 1, 2018
| 10+ min read
Evolutionary changes in both the vocal tract and the brain were necessary for humans’ remarkable gift of gab.
Brain Evolution at a Distance
Hannah Waters
| Dec 6, 2011
| 3 min read
Gene expression controlled from afar may have spurred the spurt in brain evolution that led to modern humans.
Turning on the Bat Signal
Hannah Thomasy, PhD
| Mar 15, 2024
| 10+ min read
Scientists around the world investigate how bat immune systems cope with viral attacks and how this information could be used to keep humans safe.
From Squeaks to Song
Hannah Waters
| May 1, 2012
| 3 min read
House mice sing melodies out of the range of human hearing, and the crooning is impacting research from evolutionary biology to neuroscience.
What Was the First Animal to Evolve a Brain?
Ida Emilie Steinmark, PhD
| Sep 1, 2023
| 1 min read
In the absence of a precise definition of brain, pinning down its origins is difficult. But scientists have a theory.
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