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

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

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

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

Stock image of bonobos grooming. A scientist posits that kissing in humans could have its origins in the "final kiss" movement in ape grooming. Stock image of bonobos grooming. A scientist posits ...

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.

This act involving protruding lips and suction mirrors the context and function of modern human kissing, they say. Orangutan baby “Changi” kisses his mother “Lea” on 24 January 2012 (DPA/AFP via Getty ...

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, ...

The obstetrical dilemma therefore evolved gradually over the course of primate evolution rather than suddenly in humans as originally argued. The birth process in chimpanzees and other great apes ...

The birth process in chimpanzees and other great apes is generally considered to ... stems from a conflict that arose during human evolution between adaptations in the pelvis for upright walking ...

Not only that, but many non-ape primates engage in different social ... “For future evolutionary insight into the evolution of human kissing, and other behaviors uniquely exhibited by our ...