A research team, including academics from the University of Warwick, has suggested that apes can understand the communicative ...

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The knee has undergone major changes to its size and shape, not only to allow early humans to walk upright, but also to ...

The Hammerschmiede fossil site in southern Germany has yielded finds from about 11.5 million years ago that have rewritten ...

Female primates drive bonds by securing mutual benefits like protection and resources. Kinship ties also play a role in ...

Now, we’re all about equal opportunity dick sizes here at IFLScience, but the miniature nature of the gorilla phallus really ...

Contemporary fiction is fascinated by Deep Time, a time before humanity and therefore before history, as it seeks to imagine ...

At Oakland’s controversial Church of Ambrosia, a mural that documents the religion’s doctrine is meant to “recreate a ...

Despite his stellar performance as Gollum, Andy Serkis has portrayed many characters, and some outshine his most famous role.