Researchers have found that monkeys known as macaques possess the vocal anatomy but not the brain circuitry to produce human speech. The findings suggest that human speech stems mainly from the unique ...

Ancient mummies, skulls and bones galore -- Indiana Jones himself would learn a thing or two at the American Association of Anatomists' Annual Meeting beginning April 24.

Biological anthropology is the sub-discipline of anthropology that studies human evolution and variation. Specific emphasis is on mechanisms of biological evolution, genetic inheritance, human ...

A group of international scientists have mapped the genetic, cellular, and structural makeup of the human brain and the nonhuman primate brain. This understanding of brain structure allows for a ...

A team of neurologists, bioengineers and radiologists has found that two neurons in the human brain that code for dopamine ...

Cover article art caption: Insets with TH mRNA+ neurons in red, either single labeled, or co-labeled with VGluT2 (blue) and/or GAD1 (green) mRNA. Simple arrow = single labeled TH+ neurons ...