Our understanding of human ancestry has changed dramatically since the discovery of Lucy the ancient hominin 50 years ago.

In pursuit of knowledge, the evolution of humanity ranks with the origins of life and the universe. And yet, except when an ...

The story of human evolution usually starts at the point our distant ancestors began to separate from the apes, whose own ancestors are traceable from at least 35 million years ago and are well ...

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. In pursuit of knowledge, the evolution of humanity ranks with the origins of life and the universe. And yet ...

Nonetheless, there is enough consensus to thread the story of human evolution all the way from early apes to modern humanity. Most of this story centres on Africa, of course, where countries such as ...

The human environment is a very social one. Family, friends, colleagues, strangers – they all provide a continuous stream of ...

The human environment is a very social one. Family, friends, colleagues, strangers—they all provide a continuous stream of ...

Summary: Great apes track events involving agents and patients, like humans, suggesting shared cognitive mechanisms. When watching video clips, apes alternated their gaze between agents (e.g., a cat) ...