How did humans evolve such remarkable intellectual powers? This is surely one of the most
enduring and captivating questions in the life sciences, from paleoanthropology to …

The evolutionary foundations of brain development represent point of departure. It delves
into the depths of evolutionary history, unveiling the intricate journey that has shaped the …

We hypothesized that individual differences in intelligence (Spearman's g) are supported by
multiple brain regions, and in particular that fluid (gF) and crystallized (gC) components of …

Understanding human-specific patterns of brain gene expression and regulation can
provide key insights into human brain evolution and speciation. Here, we use next …

The concept of intelligence is both nebulous and potentially dangerous: historically, it has
been weaponised in various ways. Twentieth-century eugenicists, for example, deployed …

The cerebral cortex controls our most distinguishing higher cognitive functions. Human‐
specific gene expression differences are abundant in the cerebral cortex, yet we have only …

The most defining biological attribute of Homo sapiens is its enormous brain size and
accompanying cognitive prowess. How this was achieved by means of genetic changes …

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Intelligence is a socially and scientifically interesting topic because of its prominence in
human behavior, yet there is little clarity on how the neuroimaging and neurobiological …