This lab's research focuses on the co-evolution of behavior and brain, with the goal of better understanding the origins of the human condition

 

NEWS

"New IU study reveals Neanderthal brains were more like ours than previously thought"   • Indiana University College of Arts and Sciences News, 28 April 2026

 

"Neanderthals' brains weren't to blame for their demise, new study suggests" • LiveScience, 27 April 2026

 

"Neanderthal brains measure up to ours—literally" • Ars Technica, 28 April 2026

 

"Neanderthals were likely just as smart as us, so their extinction probably had nothing to do with intelligence" • IFLScience, 28 April 2026

 

"Brain Scans Reveal a Surprise About Neanderthal Intelligence" • ScienceAlert, 28 April 2026

 

"Forget the caveman myth: Neanderthal brains challenge what we thought we knew" • ScienceX, 28 April 2026

 

"A New Study Challenges One of the Biggest Assumptions About Neanderthal Brains" • ZME Science, 30 April 2026

 

"Neanderthals’ brains did not cause their extinction; new study points to surprising factors" • TOI The Times of India, 29 April 2026

 

"BRAIN BATTLE: Neanderthals WEREN’T stupid after all! Scientists reveal brainy lost cousins didn’t die off from lack of intelligence" • The U.S. Sun, 28 April 2026

 

 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

 

The Human Brain Evolution Lab wishes to acknowledge and honor the myaamiaki, Lënape, Bodwéwadmik, and saawanwa people, on whose ancestral homelands and resources Indiana University Bloomington is built.