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[Brain Evolution News @BrainEvolutionN]

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

https://t.co/MZGnzL2fhP

[A.Benítez-Burraco @abenitezburraco]

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)
https://t.co/CFcivlP2ly

[The Dissenter @TheDissenterYT]

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

https://t.co/ofxmwD1Ya8

[A.Benítez-Burraco @abenitezburraco]

Language-like properties in the vocal behavior of animals
https://t.co/yioV2tQkTH

[A.Benítez-Burraco @abenitezburraco]

Enhanced cortical control over vocalizations in mouse species as a result of specific expansion of motor cortical projections
https://t.co/6unr8QGW9L

[Peter Godfrey-Smith @pgodfreysmith]

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: https://t.co/4HgaLu9XP6
Original (no longer open access): https://t.co/YdFdWVQp4s

[A.Benítez-Burraco @abenitezburraco]

Origins and evolution of imagination, from Australopithecus to modern-day Deep Learning
https://t.co/KYwtPNlcKl

[Roberto Sáez @robertosaezm]

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 https://t.co/DDk5uayxIS

[Roberto Sáez @robertosaezm]

"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 https://t.co/k2eoHxYRNv

[CRCpaleos @CRCpaleos]

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

📰 https://t.co/GD6ddnn1kJ
vía @larazon_es
#Paleoantropologia #Homininos

[Dániel Barabási @bdanubius]

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.

https://t.co/TJ8LGmFTZV

[Brain Evolution News @BrainEvolutionN]

Do octopus brains work like humans’ — or is there another way to be smart? https://t.co/FG7EKhzmVa

[Brain Evolution News @BrainEvolutionN]

How a Brainless Organism Learns Using Neuron-Like Machinery - https://t.co/zDm5v26Io8

[Brain Evolution News @BrainEvolutionN]

‘The Brain, In Theory,’ an excerpt | The Transmitter: Neuroscience News and Perspectives https://t.co/iw0SyP1UPN

[Brain Evolution News @BrainEvolutionN]

Dogs’ brains began to shrink at least 5,000 years ago, study finds https://t.co/jbK7qb6fG7

[Steve Stewart-Williams @SteveStuWill]

“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.”

https://t.co/JP8E3LjPEc

[Thomas Püschel @ThomasPuschel]

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 🧪 https://t.co/8KpBdau14I

[A.Benítez-Burraco @abenitezburraco]

Conference: "Ape Inferential Communication: The next frontier in animal communication"
Wednesday 13 May 2026
https://t.co/vMwjc4Ktao

[Dr. Carmen Falcone @CarmenFalcone6]

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!

[Dr. César Marín @cesarmarin203]

Very nice paper with a necessary discussion.

Also Im glad to see microbiologists taking this step.