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 ...

Scientists have long tried to understand the human brain by comparing it to other primates. Researchers are still trying to ...

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 ...

You probably have a general understanding of the human brain: a network of nerve cells connected by synapses. Complex or abstract ideas emerge as a result of the firing of many of these nerve ...

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

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

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

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 ...