A multidisciplinary team of researchers led by Dr. Alejandra Pascual-Garrido, Research Affiliate at the School of ...

Researchers discovered uniquely human neuroanatomical features in a study comparing human brains to macaque and chimpanzee ...

Modern humans have uniquely small and flat faces, especially compared with our Neanderthal cousins' notoriously robust faces ...

Chimpanzees bear genetic adaptations that help them thrive in their different forest and savannah habitats. Some of the ...

Early human evolution may have been more complex than scientists previously thought, with modern humans evolving from two ...

New insights have emerged into how the human brain develops. Two genes that are unique to humans work together to influence ...

Researchers have discovered that chimpanzees living in Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania employ a degree of engineering when making their tools, deliberately choosing plants that provide ...

By comparing modern human, Neanderthal, and chimpanzee skulls, researchers have uncovered a unique trait having to do with ...

Scientists discovered humans descended from two ancient populations, not one. These groups split 1.5 million years ago.

"Our history is far richer and more complex than we imagined," said human evolutionary geneticist Aylwyn Scally.

A chimpanzee at San Francisco Zoo and Gardens who was said to be one of the oldest in the United States died this week at the ...

The human face is strikingly distinct from our fossil cousins and ancestors—most notably, it is significantly smaller, and ...