Human skull and brain size compared to a chimpanzee's skull and brain size.
Brain Evolution: Searching for What Makes Us Human
Studying brain evolution sheds light on the unique features of the human brain.
  • BrainFacts/SfN
What Causes Goosebumps?
Goosebumps are part of your body’s reaction to danger. But they can also be caused by great music. Those two experiences are more similar than you might think.
  • BrainFacts/SfN
The Evolution of the Human Brain
The human brain is neither the largest nor most complex brain in the animal kingdom. So what makes it special?
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  • 4 min
Your Cursing Cortex
Curses, swears, and cussing are treated in a different way in our brains than our more proper and acceptable speech.
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Finding the Truth Behind Funny
Studying the science behind laughter reveals that the best laughs usually have nothing to do with great jokes.
  • BrainFacts/SfN
No-Brainer, Part 2: The Quick Guide on Marine Animals Who Get by Without Brains
Go back under the sea and explore even more animals that sense their world without a brain.
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No-Brainer, Part 1: The Quick Guide on Marine Animals Who Get by Without Brains
Go under the sea and explore some of the animals that sense their world without a brain.
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Teen Brain Evolution
Puberty is more than hormones and rebellion. The brain is changing too.
  • University of California
  • 4 min
Your Brain Evolved from Bacteria
Learn how the human brain evolved in this fun cartoon story.
  • Scientific American
From Primitive Parts, A Highly Evolved Human Brain
The human brain has been compared to a lizard's brain, a jellyfish's brain, and now it is being compared to an ice cream cone.
  • NPR
The Origin of the Brain
How did we go from a small group of neurons to the brains we have now?
  • YouTube
Animal Brains: An Overview
While they share similar features, no two animal brains are exactly alike.
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  • 10 min
Tracking Dinosaur Intelligence: What Fossil Footprints Reveal about the Dinosaur’s Brain
Dr. Jerald Harris is Professor of Geology and Director of Paleontology at Dixie State College, and an expert in the esoteric science of identifying fossil footprints (ichnology). From these empty impressions in stone, he brings to life the extinct animals that made them millions of years before man first walked the earth.

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