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
Neuroscience Explains Why Dinosaurs Couldn't Get Any Bigger
Long-necked Sauropods, like Brontosaurus, were the largest animals on earth, but their brain, not their leg strength, is what kept them from getting any bigger.
Brains of the Animal Kingdom
It's not just size that matters for brain power.
  • BrainFacts/SfN
The Evolutionary Layers of the Human Brain
This website looks at seven mammal brains and determines if their size is what makes them smarter.
  • The Brain From Top to Bottom
The Awesomely Evolved Human Brain
This iconograph and worksheet helps students learn about dopamine and the evolution of our reward centers to help with survival.
  • Scholastic
People Behind the Science: Bruce Carlson
The scientist discusses his shocking research with electric fish.
  • People Behind the Science
  • 34 min
Suzana Herculano-Houzel: What is So Special About the Human Brain?
The human brain is curiously large given the size of our bodies, uses a huge amount of energy for its weight and has a bizarrely dense cerebral cortex. But: why?
  • TED
  • 14 min
Mysteries of the Brain: Evolving Brain
Using amazing new technologies, scientists are discovering that the basic movements in one tiny fish can teach us big ideas about how the brain's circuitry works.
  • National Science Foundation
  • 5 min
Brain Evolution: Searching for What Makes Us Human
Studying brain evolution sheds light on the unique features of the human brain.
  • BrainFacts/SfN
Snakes on the Brain
Serpents are a storehouse of fascinating neuroscience.
Daniel Wolpert: The Real Reason for Brains
Neuroscientist Daniel Wolpert starts from a surprising premise: the brain evolved, not to think or feel, but to control movement.
  • TED
  • 20 min
Whale Brains Provide Clues to Cognition
Neuroscientists have long understood that the cerebellum is important for controlling bodily movements, by making them more fluid and coordinated, but researchers have also long appreciated that cerebellum does much more.
  • BrainFacts/SfN
Some Ground-Dwelling Dinos Had the Brains to Fly
Researchers discover that even non-flying dinosaurs had brains with the motor and visual capabilities necessary to take wing.
  • Science Friday
  • 9 min

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