South Africa has one of the world's richest fossil records of hominins (humans and their fossil ancestors). But many ...

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

A recent study challenges the long-held belief that gorillas primarily live on the ground. Researchers discovered that ...

In 1921, William Bell Riley admonished his opponents that they should “cease from shoveling in dirt on living men,” for the ...

Paranthropus had distinctive traits that make them a key part of our evolutionary story. This video explains their significance and what scientists have uncovered about them.

A new study from Indiana University discovered that bonobos, humans’ closest living relatives, make similar vocalizations ...

Great apes – bonobos, chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans – all emit play calls that acoustically resemble human chuckles.

Using new radiocarbon dating on ancient footprints found preserved in the gypsum-rich ground in White Sands, researchers have ...

The study questions the long-held belief that northern Africa became arid around 3 million years ago, which coincides with ...

Rather than chasing grammar in animals, a more grounded approach asks what cognitive difference might explain the gap ...

Talking to babies in a high-pitched voice and using exaggerated pronunciation seems natural to most parents. This way of ...

The baby brain is a great gateway for language to be transferred from brain to brain. All the main connections in the brain ...