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.
The human environment is a very social one. Family, friends, colleagues, strangers - they all provide a continuous stream of information that we need ...
Cross-linguistic studies have revealed similar biases when people view images of events. In tasks where people have to ...
Chimpanzees use tools in sequences, planning and adapting actions like humans. This suggests the roots of complex human ...
A new study reveals that early humans' ability to use tools precisely may have been pivotal in human evolution. By recording ...
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 ...
The "Four Year War", as Goodall calls it, erupted two years after the death of Flo, a dominant female member of her community ...
Scientists screened great ape museum specimens for DNA viruses, revealing insights into viral evolution and host-virus ...
“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 ...
The "huge" discovery near the shore of Lake Turkana in Kenya proves the theory that some ancient ancestors were neighbors ...
Scientists discovered 1.5-million-year-old footprints in Kenya, revealing two hominin species coexisted and interacted.
Fossils of 600-million-year-old "tiny humanoids" were discovered in Antarctica. A story perpetuated in some social media ...