Comprehensive reference genomes have now been assembled for six ape species: siamang (a Southeast Asian gibbon), Sumatran ...

Polar bears interacted with humans during the Neoglacial period, about 4,700 to 2,500 years ago. Scientists uncover ...

DNA sequences for the chimpanzee, orangutans and more will help scientists to determine what sets humans apart from other ...

In a time long before cities, farms, or even written words, early humans across the Levant were already shaping a complex ...

A peep from a bonobo is believed to mean roughly “I would like to…” and a whistle is believed to mean “let’s stay together.” But when combined to make a “peep-whistle,” it’s thought to mean something ...

These findings challenge the idea of a single evolutionary event driving the emergence of human intelligence. Instead, our study suggests brain evolution happened in steps. Our findings suggest ...

Since then, scientists have made numerous discoveries that shed light on early human history. In 2018, a notable breakthrough occurred when a team of scientists unearthed the skeletons of two ...

The study found that the most common ways apes adapted to habitat change included foraging for human crops, changing nesting patterns, and traveling along human-made paths. These changes can help ...

The area is also home to at least five mud-brick pyramids that contain human remains. The largest pyramid complex is that of Siamun, the sixth pharaoh of Egypt in the 21st Dynasty. Skeletons found in ...

The evolutionary path of modern humans is more complex than previously thought, as new evidence suggests an ancient human ancestral population split into two separate groups that eventually reunited. ...

What's more, according to their analysis of modern human DNA, one of these isolated populations left a stronger legacy in our genes than the other. "The question of where we come from is one that has ...