The way bonobos combine vocal sounds to create new meanings suggests the evolutionary building blocks of human language are ...

Max Planck Institute evolutionary anthropologist Nada Salem and colleagues sequenced the ancient DNA of two female ...

Humans can effortlessly talk about an infinite number of topics, from neuroscience to pink elephants, by combining words into ...

A federal advisory committee that provides guidance on which rare diseases newborns should be screened for has been dissolved ...

The debate over human uniqueness is shifting as data has emerged suggesting that other animals can also generate cultural ...

Human beings have always tried to create something unique and special that can be identified and known merely by its looks or ...

Trillions of bacteria occupy human bodies, from head to toe, inside and out, forming a microbiome that is as personal as a ...

Minority benefit against the majority giving up “agency, creativity, decision-making and other vital skills” in what is ...

The occurrence of three cases in a short period has me worried, especially this early in the year,” Dr. Tom Boo, a county ...

If your dog does not need a prescription medication or you cannot take him to his regular veterinarian, a natural treatment ...

Several videos of a crow that mimics human speech have gone viral on social media. The crow, rescued by a family in ...

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