Apes include a rather broad range of simians (higher primates) from the Old World. Generally, if it’s not a monkey, people ...

The study examined 52 human brain samples from 2016 and 2024, all taken from the frontal cortex, the part of the brain responsible for judgment, decision making, and muscle movement.

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

These differences also offer valuable insights into the diversity of social strategies in primates, including humans. Chimpanzees and bonobos are physically similar and belong to the genus Pan, family ...

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

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

The human body is a machine whose many parts - from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and brain - have been assembled in fits and starts over the 4 billion years of our ...

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 ...

Human infants receive up to 400 times more direct vocal communication than baby bonobos and nearly 70 times more than baby ...

When Homo sapiens appeared some 300,000 years ago, at least six other human species already shared the planet. Here, in the studio of paleoartist John Gurche, are model representations of those ...