For over a century, the Cambrian arthropod Helmetia expansa remained a mystery. Discovered by paleontologist Charles ...

In probing whether there are basic sex differences in humans, a psychologist and a biologist agree to seriously disagree ...

Wild Calls of Bonobo Apes Sound Simple, but Scientists Find Striking Similarities With Human Language The evolution of human ...

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 ...

Facial growth stops at puberty in Homo sapiens. Humans differ from chimpanzees and Neanderthals in how their faces grow. In ...

The findings provide insights into the technical skills and engineering precision that the chimpanzees possess.

Chimpanzees select materials for tools based on flexibility, revealing early engineering instincts linked to human tool ...

The prevailing narrative in human history is that humanity emerged from Africa, which is true to an extent, but there may be ...

Modern humans can be recognized by their smaller facial structure when compared with Neanderthals and other hominin ancestors ...

Learn more about complex compositionality, an ability to combine words and calls that humans and bonobos apparently share.

Researchers attempted to decode bonobo calls by recording their social context, then analyzed how the primates string ...

Researchers analyzed the ancient DNA of two mummies from what is now Libya to learn about people who lived in the "Green ...