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The primate mind in a mouse: How your gut bacteria might be the secret to human evolution
Groundbreaking research reveals that human microbes can trigger genetic brain activity in other species, suggesting our ...
Gut Microbes may have helped fuel the evolution of large human brains, shaping brain metabolism and gene activity, new ...
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Gut microbes are reshaping how scientists think about brain evolution
A new study from Northwestern University is reshaping how scientists think about brain evolution. The research suggests that ...
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Human gut microbes made mice brains act more like primates
Scientists have long suspected that the trillions of microbes in our intestines do more than digest lunch, but new work goes ...
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The Top Human Evolution Discoveries of 2025, From the Intriguing Neanderthal Diet to the Oldest Western European Face Fossil
This has been quite the wild year in human evolution stories. Our relatives, living and extinct, got a lot of attention—from ...
The microorganisms in our gastrointestinal tract-the gut microbiome, can exert a profound influence on the human body, and ...
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Scientists Put Human Gut Bacteria Into Mice and Found Their Brains Showed Primate-like Activity
Synaptic plasticity allows brains to learn, adapt, and rewire. It’s foundational to memory, problem-solving, and complex ...
In the mice with large-brain primate microbes, the researchers found increased expression of genes associated with energy ...
A new study suggests that the NOVA1 gene may have been a key player in the evolution of human language. By Carl Zimmer Scientists have long struggled to understand how human language evolved. Words ...
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