A large-scale genome study shows that Indigenous peoples in the Americas split off several times, resulting in loss of important genetic diversity.

Fossilized claw tracks discovered in Australia show that the animal group that includes reptiles, mammals and birds formed ...

We now have full genome sequences for six species of apes, helping us to pin down our last common ancestor – and potentially ...

A new study finds humanity's closest living relatives will chew plants and apply makeshift poultices to wounds, and use ...

Previous research has shown that chimps have their own signature drumming style. A new analysis of 371 bouts of chimpanzee ...

The beginning of Homo sapiens belief in gods did not start with a sense of awe, as primitive human beings observed the sun and moon with a sense of wonder. That is too philosophical. More likely it ...

Wild chimpanzees alter the meaning of single calls when embedding them into diverse call combinations, mirroring linguistic operations in human language. Human language, however, allows an infinite ...

Humans are the only species on Earth known to use language. They do this by combining sounds into words and words into ...

The mystery of life’s beginnings has long captivated scientists. Central to that search is LUCA—the last universal common ...

Instead, the study suggests, Deinosuchus belonged to an ancient lineage that split off before the last common ancestor of today’s alligators and crocodiles, carrying characteristics that are ...

Pierre Zalloua, a Lebanese-born population geneticist with a flair for (gently) stirring the pot, takes the reader on an ...