The fossil record, along with studies of human and ape DNA, indicate that humans shared ... We begin this discussion of our species' evolution in Africa, near the end of the geological time ...

this book provides a new perspective on human evolution. What can fossil apes tell us about the origins of human evolution? Did the last common ancestor of apes and humans live in trees or on the ...

Jan. 29, 2024 — A new study, which centers on evidence from skulls of a 6-million-year-old fossil ape, Lufengpithecus ... Dishing the Dirt on Human Evolution: Why Scientific Techniques Matter ...

Most of us do it, be it romantic, familial, friendly or formal, but kissing among humans and where and how it originated is ...

The first of his books is titled Orangutans: My Cousins, My Friends, based on more than three decades of working on behalf of great apes ... not need to explain the evolution of self-awareness.

And while Lameira’s conclusion also offers far more utilitarian beginnings than today’s sign of love, he theorizes kissing ...

Complicated births may not have arisen in humans as a trade-off between our need for big brains and pelvises suitable for ...

in cu cm): 360-370 (slightly smaller than a male chimp's) SPECIAL FEATURES: oldest known hominin; set apart from other fossil apes by smaller canines, thicker and larger cheek teeth, and more ...

In romantic movies, kissing often symbolizes love, yet this simple act of pressing lips together has peculiar origins.

While our current research has shed light on the evolution of the human heart, our work analyzing the hearts of endangered ...

The development of primate brains is shaped by various inputs. However, these inputs differ between independent breeders, ...

A team at the University of Warwick is suggesting that human kissing evolved from grooming behaviors observed in ancestral great apes. In a study, "The Evolutionary Origin of Human Kissing ...