which was crucial to the evolution of the human body and intelligence. "I think it's possible that what we are seeing in this ...

In this episode of Weekly podcast, we speak to three experts who study different ways that people are affecting how plants and animals evolve – and how humanity has become the single biggest driver of ...

Humans have caused the loss of the only male chimpanzee in one social group — and as a result at least one traditional ...

What makes the human brain unique? A Yale study unlocks new insights into genetic changes that shaped our evolution.

Studios’ Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, the tenth film in the long-running Apes franchise, stands among five films currently nominated for a 2025 visual effects Academy Award. This is the fourth ...

A new study provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the ...

Researchers discovered how genetic switches shaped human brain evolution by fine-tuning shared gene expression.

A new Yale study provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the ...

For millennia, the western chimpanzees of Taï National Park in Ivory Coast have communicated with each other in a dialect of ...

Postdoctoral scholar Daniela Soto has earned a prestigious fellowship from HHMI with eight years of funding to study the ...

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The newfound species belongs to the genus Paranthropus, whose nickname is "nutcracker man." ...