A new study suggests that the fundamental abilities underlying human language and technological culture may have evolved before humans and apes diverged millions of years ago.
Research indicates that the complex behaviors used in human language and tool making, such as organizing actions into sequences, may have evolved in our common ancestors with chimpanzees. This study ...
A new study reveals that early humans' ability to use tools precisely may have been pivotal in human evolution. By recording ...
Chimpanzees use tools in sequences, planning and adapting actions like humans. This suggests the roots of complex human ...
Cross-linguistic studies have revealed similar biases when people view images of events. In tasks where people have to ...
A new study suggests that the fundamental abilities underlying human language and technological culture may have evolved ...
Scientists screened great ape museum specimens for DNA viruses, revealing insights into viral evolution and host-virus ...
The human environment is a very social one. Family, friends, colleagues, strangers - they all provide a continuous stream of information that we need ...
Fossils of 600-million-year-old "tiny humanoids" were discovered in Antarctica. A story perpetuated in some social media ...
“The Human Experience: From Ape to AI” premieres at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 5, at the NSU Playhouse. Shows for Dec. 6-7 also start at 7:30 p.m. followed by a 2 p.m. showtime on Sunday, Dec. 8. The ...
Scientists discovered 1.5-million-year-old footprints in Kenya, revealing two hominin species coexisted and interacted.
Footprints from 1.5mil years ago made by two different species of human ancestors were made within hours on the same spot—a ...