We introduce comparative connectomics, the quantitative study of cross-species
commonalities and variations in brain network topology that aims to discover general …

Comparative studies of the brain in mammals suggest that there are general architectural
principles governing its growth and evolutionary development. We are beginning to …

The development of complex cognitive functions during human evolution coincides with
pronounced encephalization and expansion of white matter, the brain's infrastructure for …

This paper focuses on the empirical evidence for the cognitive abilities of early hominins of
the Oldowan Industrial Complex (c.≥ 2.6 to 1.4 Mya) on the African continent. It profiles …

Brains come in many shapes and sizes. Nature has endowed big-brained primate species
like humans with a proportionally large cerebral cortex. Comparative studies have …

Quantifying speciation times during human evolution is fundamental as it provides a
timescale to test for the correlation between key evolutionary transitions and extrinsic factors …

Both absolute and relative brain sizes vary greatly among and within the major vertebrate
lineages. Scientists have long debated how larger brains in primates and hominins translate …

Sociality is classified as one of the major transitions in the evolution of complexity and much
effort has been dedicated to understanding what traits predispose lineages to sociality …

Long before the term Machiavellian Intelligence was coined, James Neel, a prominent
geneticist, was pondering the role of 'princes' in the evolution of exceptional human …

One of the most crucial debates in human paleoneurology concerns the timing and mode of
the emergence of the derived cerebral features in the hominin fossil record. Given its …