Research reveals new evidence of early hominin activity in Europe, suggesting that hominins were present on the continent far earlier than previously thought.

Nitrogen isotope analysis of tooth enamel reveals no evidence of meat consumption in Australopithecus. New research published ...

A farmer's family in Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, has formed a unique bond with Rani, a monkey they adopted eight ... and drink in the same manner as her human family and surprisingly, later she ...

Recalling that at that time, Primatologist Prof. Wolfgang Dittus was studying the rilawa, Vasantha suggests that this expert’s views should be consulted on how to mitigate the human-monkey conflict as ...

This study underscores that the evolution of human intelligence likely involved coordinated changes across all brain cell types, not just neurons. Our brain is arguably the organ that most ...

The findings were published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Dennis Joshy et al. 2024. Accelerated cell-type-specific regulatory evolution of the human brain. PNAS 121 (52): ...

But for milestone anniversaries, consider the centennial of the 1925 Scopes “Monkey Trial,” a watershed ... state law that banned the teaching of evolution in public schools.

Which led me to ask: how might human evolution be altered by interactions with a world of rich AI diversity? In a paper just published in The Quarterly Review of Biology, I considered the many ways AI ...

Known as Rani, this particular monkey has been dubbed a ‘working monkey’ by locals due to her remarkable ability to perform human-like tasks. However, she is not fond of being referred to simply as a ...

Evolution could alter or even eliminate some of the human traits we cherish most, changing forever what it means to be human. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...