Summary: A new study has completely revived and expanded this lost chapter of human evolution. Leveraging modern molecular genetic dating and advanced phylogenetic statistical modeling, researchers ...

Learn more about the origins of language, and how our ancient ancestors may have developed it in a sudden jump rather than ...

Kiyomasa, a 13-year-old western lowland gorilla at Japan's Higashiyama Zoo, has become an internet sensation after a video showed him sitting alone in a thoughtful pose following a reported ...

He directed over 1200 episodes of television and over 50 pilots. He co-created “Cheers” and directed many episodes of ...

Once you start seeing natural selection as a constant, omnipresent, and sometimes speedy force, almost everything else in ...

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Summary: Laughter is a universal human trait shared by all living great apes, including chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans. However, the exact evolutionary trajectory of laughter, and how ...

A new analysis supports the previously overlooked "brain lag" hypothesis—the idea that, in some primate lineages, the evolution of larger body size preceded the evolution of larger brain size—while ...

A surprising new study suggests the earliest primates didn't originate in tropical forests but in cold, dry parts of North America. Some may have even survived seasonal Arctic conditions by slowing ...

The study of dental microwear allows the analysis of the microscopic marks that foods leave on the surface of tooth enamel ...

For decades, we’ve thought that childbirth is uniquely challenging for humans, but it turns out that many other primates find ...