The idea of a missing evolutionary link between humans and apes is both compelling and persistent, but the truth is more ...

Scopes trial, in which a Dayton, Tennessee, teacher was charged with violating state law by teaching biological evolution, ...

Did the early Australians really tread the continent 65,000 years ago, or does their genetic history tell a different story? The intersection of ancient DNA and archaeology is reshaping this ...

Analysis - South Africa has one of the world's richest fossil records of hominins (humans and their fossil ancestors). But many misconceptions still exist regarding human evolution, and school ...

Recent research clobbered that theory by showing pre-modern hominins evolution unique to Europe: The fossil, uncovered at the ...

Great apes – bonobos, chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans – all emit play calls that acoustically resemble human chuckles.

Rather than chasing grammar in animals, a more grounded approach asks what cognitive difference might explain the gap ...

Talking to babies in a high-pitched voice and using exaggerated pronunciation seems natural to most parents. This way of ...

Human infants receive up to 400 times more direct vocal communication than baby bonobos and nearly 70 times more than baby ...

A new study looked at baby babble and the vocalizations of apes in an attempt to arrive at a discovery on the evolution of ...

While laughter is often considered uniquely human, tied to language and sense of humor, all great apes produce remarkably ...