“Cortical gene expression architecture links healthy neurodevelopment to the imaging, transcriptomics & genetics of autism and schizophrenia” Great work by Richard Dear Petra Vertes Ed Bullmore Jakob Seidlitz Richard Bethlehem Armin Raznahan & colleagues
nature.com/articles/s4159…

Good progress in understanding the path “from vibration in the ear to abstraction in the head” — Hierarchical dynamic coding coordinates speech comprehension in the brain, preprint by a great team: Laura Gwilliams Alec Marantz David Poeppel Jean-Rémi King

biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Really nice preprint by Alexander Okamoto Terence Capellini on ‘conserved yet tunable’ regulatory elements and their role in facilitating evolutionary adaptation in mammals:

biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Thanks for “Darwin’s Dangerous Idea”, Dan. What a great book!

Very nice exemplification of an approach developed by David Gokhman & collaborators, exploiting gene regulatory phenotyping to identify candidate Denisovan fossils:

biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Congrats to everyone selected. Special congrats to Marcella Birtele whose work on SYNGAP1 with Giorgia Quadrato I greatly enjoyed reading

Really nice study on facial evolution (mid-facial morphology), looking at shared/derived patterns on the hominid branch (incl. 2 special features in humans); by Alexandra Schuh Yann Heuzé Philipp Gunz Jean-Jacques Hublin Sarah Freidline
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

A very interesting study on human evolution, basicranial morphogenesis in modern humans vs Neanderthals

Great study by Christina Como Siegenthaler_Lab on the impact of meningeal-derived retinoic acid on neurogenesis and brain development 👇

Comprehensive Nature Rev Neurosci review focusing on the ‘core’ language network in the brain, by Ev (like in 'evidence', not Eve) Fedorenko 🇺🇦 Anna Ivanova Tamar Regev 👇

A more nuanced understanding of aggression patterns in the genus Pan, by MaudMouginot Martin Surbeck and collaborators, concluding with a great discussion putting the results in context, in Current Biology

cell.com/current-biolog…