The human brain is a greedy organ. It gulps energy, demands constant upkeep, and somehow grew far larger (relative to body size) than the brains of any other primate. Scientists have always wondered ...

Gut Microbes may have helped fuel the evolution of large human brains, shaping brain metabolism and gene activity, new ...

The microorganisms in our gastrointestinal tract-the gut microbiome, can exert a profound influence on the human body, and ...

A new study from Northwestern University is reshaping how scientists think about brain evolution. The research suggests that ...

A new study reveals that changes to the gut microbiome can change the way the brain works.

For more than a century, scientists have treated the brain as the undisputed command center of human evolution, with the rest ...