This, in a nutshell, is the heart of the stoned ape theory, or the idea that our impressive cognitive capabilities, like affinities for art and language; self-awareness; and an understanding of ...

In other words, evolution and the second law of thermodynamics can live together in harmony. No, human beings did not evolve ...

Farming arose on multiple continents among populations with radically different cultures and environments and with no means ...

We share more than 97% of our genetic makeup with primates such as chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans. But that doesn’t ...

For the past 150 years, scientists and laypeople alike have accepted a “savanna” scenario of human evolution. The theory, primarily based on fossil evidence, suggests that because our ancestral ape ...

Early bipeds, such as Ardipithecus kadabba which looked a bit like a gorilla, lived in Africa between 5.8 and 5.2 million ...

Kanzi the bonobo, who learned how to communicate with humans using symbols, has died at the age of 44. Raised and kept in ...

Hammerschmiede discoveries “highlight how much we don’t know about the evolution of the great ape and human family, and of other primates, during the Miocene in Europe,” Almécija says.

Humans, who are classified among the five great apes, are closest genetically ... fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the process differed ...