Newborn finger proportions may reflect early hormone exposure and could be linked to differences in early brain growth.

The evolution of the human species is marked by an increase in brain size. Now new research suggests that could be partly ...

New research suggests that hormones before birth may have played a role in the development of the human brain.

Human evolution has long been tied to growing brain size, and new research suggests prenatal hormones may have played a surprising role. By studying the relative lengths of index and ring fingers — a ...

image: Can the human brain think of an independent, artificial appendage as its own? While many studies have explored this question, the artificial limbs used in them have been operated by an existing ...

Scientists find clue to human brain evolution in finger length: Study ...