Larger brain, smaller face: Human evolution took a different course than previously thought

A new study, published July 6, 2026, in the journal Nature Communications, suggests that two of the best-known trends in human evolution—brain growth and the reduction in the size of the face and ...
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Human brains may have got bigger for no particular reason

Our brains are large compared with other animals, so it is tempting to assume there was an evolutionary advantage to them – ...