A new study posits that same-sex sexual behavior developed to help primates in complex social groups ease tension, reduce ...

This has been quite the wild year in human evolution stories. Our relatives, living and extinct, got a lot of attention—from ...

Bonobo evolution reveals bonding and group cohesion in response to threats, favoring paths to finding peace instead of ...

Chimpanzees and bonobos are among the closest relatives of humans. They share more than 98% of our DNA. Yet, these primates ...

The jawbones and vertebrae of a hominin that lived 773,000 years ago have been found in North Africa and could represent a ...

Fossils unearthed in Morocco are the first from a little-understood period of human evolution and may be remains of a ...

Saini Samim receives funding from the Melbourne Research Schorship provided by the University of Melbourne. She has also received funding from the Australian Research Council and the Turkana Basin ...

Humans are built for life on land, but what if evolution had taken a different path and sent us back into the ocean? To imagine this, we need to look at some of the ocean’s most incredible creatures ...

In 1758, Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus gave humans a scientific name: Homo sapiens, which means "wise human" in Latin. Although Linnaeus grouped humans with other apes, it was English biologist ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may be the result of millions of years of evolution. Rapid neuronal evolution in humans is likely ASD’s genetic cause, new research suggests. Though autism can cause ...

For thousands of years, humans have selectively bred dogs to fulfill specific roles, ranging from guarding and hunting to herding and companionship. This deliberate shaping of traits has resulted in ...