The rhesus macaque monkeys that escaped a South Carolina medical lab this week are among the most studied animals on the planet ...

Discover what sets human culture apart from animals, as evolutionary insights challenge old beliefs and reveal our unique ...

Scientists believe individuals of the most recently discovered hominin group (the Denisovans) that interbred with modern day ...

A new study proposes that human culture’s unique power lies not in its ability to accumulate knowledge, as once thought, but ...

New research in the Journal of Human Evolution suggests that the ancient ‘Lazarus’ primate was North America's last until ...

Highland deer mice and their lowland cousins ventured on a simulated seven-week ascent to 6,000 meters. By tracking how the mice responded to cold stress and progressively lower oxygen levels, the ...

Why is human culture -; the shared body of knowledge passed down across generations -; so much more powerful than animal cultures?

Study co-author Christen Lin added that while one might not expect a chimp to care if another species watches them performing ...

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

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of Short Wave about the oldest known tadpole, new proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem, and the evolutionary roots of alcohol consumption.

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