Complicated births may not have arisen in humans as a trade-off between our need for big brains and pelvises suitable for upright walking, new research in chimps suggests.

A new study conducted by researchers from Kyoto University has revealed that chimpanzees perform better on difficult tasks ...

The fossil remains of the unique hominid were found in Ethiopia in 1974, traveled around the world, were the subject of ...

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

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

First identified by archaeologists in 1978, the site was initially found to be home to at least 70 hominin footprints ...

The 3.2-million-year-old human ancestor known as Lucy rose to fame through an incredible combination of circumstances ...

An ASU evolutionary anthropologist offers a groundbreaking theory on why humans have come to dominate the world over other ...

Human societies have long depended on the division of labor to thrive—walk into any town, and you can probably find bakers ...