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

Globally, autism affects about 1 in 100 children, according to the World Health Organization. In the U.S., the rate is closer ...

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

Rearing our unusually underdeveloped young may account for the evolution of language. Michael Marshall is intrigued, but ...

Human babies’ babbling is more than cute noise—it’s a feedback-driven learning strategy that sets the foundation for language.

A new study suggests that the NOVA1 gene may have been a key player in the evolution of human language. By Carl Zimmer Scientists have long struggled to understand how human language evolved. Words ...

Humans' unique language capacity was present at least 135,000 years ago, according to a survey of genomic evidence. As such, language might have entered social use 100,000 years ago. It is a deep ...

But Beekman, along with a growing number of scholars, many of them women, emphasizes familial care in our understanding of ...

On September 9, Li Jian, CEO of Honor Terminal Co., Ltd., published a lengthy article on Weibo, outlining his views on the ...

Summary: A new study suggests that autism may be linked to the rapid evolution of brain cell types unique to humans.