During the late Pleistocene, isolated lineages of hominins exchanged genes thus
influencing genomic variation in humans in both the past and present. However, the …

Despite the consolidated belief that the macaque superior parietal lobule (SPL) is entirely
occupied by Brodmann's area 5, recent data show that macaque SPL also hosts a large …

Modern humans have large and globular brains that distinguish them from their extinct
Homo relatives. The characteristic globularity develops during a prenatal and early postnatal …

The texture of life also changed beyond recognition. From the quiet life of villages, most of
humanity now lived in the tumult of cities. From the relative isolation of villages, humanity …

One of the features that distinguishes modern humans from our extinct relatives and
ancestors is a globular shape of the braincase [1–4]. As the endocranium closely mirrors the …

Human evolutionary history is rich with the interbreeding of divergent populations. Most
humans outside of Africa trace about 2% of their genomes to admixture from Neanderthals …

Previous scientific consensus saw human evolution as defined by adaptive differences
(behavioural and/or biological) and the emergence of Homo sapiens as the ultimate …

We propose that languages (and seemingly our language capabilities) evolved gradually as
a result of being engaged in an active feedback loop with human self-domestication. Our …

The inference of Neanderthal cognition, including their cultural and linguistic capabilities,
has persisted as a fiercely debated research topic for decades. This lack of consensus is …

Schizophrenia has been hypothesized to be a human‐specific condition, but experimental
approaches to testing this idea have been limited. Because Neanderthals, our closest …