Researchers reveals how walking on two legs and expanding brain size drove the evolution of human right-handedness.

A new study has developed a powerful computational method that can detect how genes interact with each other to influence complex traits in humans at a scale previously impossible. The new method was ...

Human Connectome Project (HCP) map of white matter tracts connecting various brain regions. Source: Courtesy of the Human Connectome Project In November 2013, I wrote a Psychology Today blog post ...

A coordinated release by global publications spotlights rare human traits and cultural adaptations shaped by genetics, environment, and history. The features range from uncommon anatomical variations ...

Northwestern University biophysicists have developed a new computational tool for identifying gene combinations underlying complex illnesses such as diabetes, cancer, and asthma. Unlike single-gene ...

What do thumbs and brains have in common? According to recent research, their growth has been linked throughout the evolution of the primates, suggesting that the long thumbs and large brains of ...

In 1758, Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus gave humans a scientific name: Homo sapiens, which means "wise human" in Latin. Although Linnaeus grouped humans with other apes, it was English biologist ...