A new study concludes that the speed at which the human brain evolved may help explain why our species experiences autism.

What makes the human brain different from that of other primates has long been a question. A new study suggests that the ...

New research reveals how human brain evolution may explain autism’s high prevalence, highlighting genetic trade-offs in ...

Researchers discovered that autism’s prevalence may be linked to human brain evolution. Specific neurons in the outer brain evolved rapidly, and autism-linked genes changed under natural selection.

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

Stanford study finds rapid brain cell evolution boosted human cognition but lowered autism gene activity, raising vulnerability.

High rates of autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders may be due to how humans evolved in the past, new research has ...

Researchers discovered that certain human brain cells evolved unusually fast, altering autism-linked gene activity.

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may be the result of millions of years of evolution. Rapid neuronal evolution in humans is likely ASD’s genetic cause, new research suggests. Though autism can cause ...

Language is one of the few faculties that still seems to be uniquely human. Other animals, like chimpanzees and songbirds, have developed elaborate communication systems, but none appears to convey ...

A digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull suggests humans may have diverged from our ancient ancestors 400,000 ...