An analysis looking at the hand bones of australopithecines, apes and humans reveals that tool use likely evolved before the ...

With this theory, scientists speculate kissing was established among human ape ancestors as they started spending considerable time on the ground away from trees. This could have come “only ...

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

in large part due to the quick likeness of the behavior to one that human observers readily recognize for themselves." Additionally, during grooming—a primary form of social bonding—apes tend ...

Lucy’s discovery transformed our understanding of human origins. Don Johanson, who unearthed the Australopithecus afarensis ...

Each of these ancient fossils, even if just a small part of a skeleton, represents an identifiable character in the story of humankind.

Furthermore, that the development of this capability was key to the evolution of the human lineage from early in its emergence as distinct from apes. The earliest actual stone tool specimens ...

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