Human brains do something peculiar when a chimpanzee screams or hoots. Instead of treating those sounds as generic animal ...

By Spoorthy Raman Between 2000 and 2023, more than 6,000 African primates were traded internationally in 50 countries, ...

Synaptic plasticity allows brains to learn, adapt, and rewire. It’s foundational to memory, problem-solving, and complex ...

Researchers uncover evidence that the gut microbiome and brain connection can influence brain gene expression and neural ...

A new study from Northwestern University is reshaping how scientists think about brain evolution. The research suggests that ...

Scientists researching primates, called "primatologists," have learned a lot over the years about our closest evolutionary ...

New research shows gut bacteria can directly influence how the brain develops and functions. When scientists transferred ...

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Progress continues in the development of reparative interventions to enhance recovery after experimental spinal cord injury (SCI). Here we discuss to what extent rodent models of SCI have limitations ...

Two newly reported complete skeletons of primates show that this group that includes humans' closest relatives such as chimps and lemurs is 10 million years older than scientists previously thought, ...