An ancient viral insertion silences LINC00662 in chimpanzee cells, while the gene is active during early human brain ...

The familiar claim about humans evolving from apes leaves out an important part of the story. Fossils and DNA reveal a much ...

Humans and chimpanzees share almost all their genes. Despite this, our brains have developed in different ways. Researchers ...

Yes, humans evolved from apes. But that's not the most accurate way to describe our place on the tree of life, and it certainly doesn't explain why apes still exist. The question stems from a common ...

For decades, scientists have been studying the cognition of great apes to understand how our own complex cognitive abilities evolved. Much of the research is based on the idea that if a particular ...

A fossil ape discovered in northern Egypt is reshaping the story of human evolution. The species, Masripithecus, lived about 17 to 18 million years ago and may sit very close to the ancestor of all ...

A University of Warwick study found that great apes and humans share similar rhythmic patterns in laughter. Researchers analysed laughter recordings from chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, orangutans, ...

Bone strength in seven fossils shows early Homo committed to the ground, while Australopithecus kept the arm strength of a climbing ape.

Scientists say early human relatives could have met the largest primate that ever lived. Gigantopithecus blacki stood nearly ...