“Our work highlights how evolutionary adaptations to diet and disease may have influenced primate biology, including humans,” ...

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From grooming rituals to soaking in hot baths, Japan’s snow monkeys blur the line between animal instinct and human-like behavior. This exploration uncovers the biology, social intelligence, and ...

Fossilized human teeth spanning two million years of evolution had shockingly high contents of lead, which may have been the ...

This very lifestyle, of standing and walking on two legs unlike some of our primate predecessors, may have been key to supercharging the survival and reproductive advantage of our ancestral species.

Guinea baboons share meat through friendship, revealing how social bonds - not hunger - shape cooperation in complex animal ...

Imagine early humans meticulously crafting stone tools for nearly 300,000 years, all while contending with recurring ...

Two small genetic changes reshaped the human pelvis, setting our early ancestors on the path to upright walking, scientists say.

Researchers uncovered a 2.75–2.44 million-year-old site in Kenya showing that early humans maintained stone tool traditions ...

It turns out that long thumbs aren’t just handy - they may be a sign of a bigger brain. According to new research, primates ...

During registration season, students are looking for classes that will spark their interest. Many are seeking opportunities ...

In a suspected case of reverse evolution, wild tomatoes in the Galápagos have developed a defense mechanism that hasn’t been seen in millions of years.