A paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution finds that the relatively high rate of autism-spectrum disorders in humans is ...

New research suggests that the evolution of the human brain may explain why autism is more common in humans than in other ...

Why do humans seem uniquely prone to autism? A new study suggests the answer lies deep in the wiring of our brains, and in ...

Their study, published in Neuron, provides a surprisingly direct link between human brain evolution and neurodevelopmental disorders.

For decades, large stretches of human DNA were dismissed as "junk" and considered to serve no real purpose. In a new study ...

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) often strikes our most human traits, such as the ability to speak and to interact on social and emotional levels. Now, research led by Lorenzo Pasquini and William Seeley ...

The origins of human language remain mysterious. Are we the only animals truly capable of complex speech? Are Homo sapiens the only hominids who could give detailed directions to a far-off ...

Some viruses come and go after making us sick, but some have become a part of us, passed down by our ancestors. San Diego ...

The pelvis is often called the keystone of upright locomotion. More than any other part of our lower body, it has been ...