This week, solve the mystery of an ancient human ancestor’s fossil, meet a new generation of dire wolves, spy April’s full moon, and more.

New discoveries shed light on an ancient human species and its evolutionary links to modern humans. Stephen Chester, ...

Relatively little is known about Denisovans, an extinct group of human cousins that interacted with Neanderthals and Homo sapiens.

A fossilized jawbone found off the coast of Taiwan more than 20 years ago belonged to a group of ancient humans, called the ...

Comprehensive reference genomes have now been assembled for six ape species: siamang (a Southeast Asian gibbon), Sumatran ...

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Animal research remains critically important in the work of preventing, treating and eradicating debilitating diseases, write ...

Bonobos, our closest relatives, may not speak, but they use something strikingly similar to human language. A new study from researchers at the University of Zurich and Harvard University reveals that ...

Modern humans can be recognized by their smaller facial structure when compared with Neanderthals and other hominin ancestors ...

Primates possess special anatomical structures in their throats called vocal membranes, allowing for yodeling at higher ...

Bonobos’ grunts, peeps and whistles may share an advanced linguistic property with human language ...