'Chimpanzee 'engineers' have implications for understanding human technological evolution
A multidisciplinary team of researchers led by Dr. Alejandra Pascual-Garrido, Research Affiliate at the School of ...
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Why modern humans have smaller faces than Neanderthals and chimpanzees
Modern humans have uniquely small and flat faces, especially compared with our Neanderthal cousins' notoriously robust faces ...
Scientists Just Found the Secret Difference Between Human and Primate Brains
Researchers discovered uniquely human neuroanatomical features in a study comparing human brains to macaque and chimpanzee ...
Neanderthal Faces Were Bigger Than Ours. Turns Out We’re the Weirdos
By comparing modern human, Neanderthal, and chimpanzee skulls, researchers have uncovered a unique trait having to do with ...
Unique neuroanatomical features set humans apart from other primates
Researchers have widely accepted that what sets humans apart from nonhuman primates are prefrontal cortex–driven behaviors ...
Researchers Discover Brain Growth Trigger Found Only in Humans
New insights have emerged into how the human brain develops. Two genes that are unique to humans work together to influence ...
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Africa: Chimpanzee Genes Have Changed Over Time to Suit Local Conditions - New Study
Analysis - Chimpanzees are humans' closest living relatives, sharing over 98% of our DNA. They are endangered, with fewer ...
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Chimpanzees act as 'engineers', choosing materials to make tools based on structural and mechanical properties
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 ...
Why humans have smaller faces than Neanderthals
The human face is strikingly distinct from our fossil cousins and ancestors—most notably, it is significantly smaller, and ...