A study of tool use among chimps, our closest living relatives, has cast light on the human evolutionary journey.

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

Monkeys detect snakes rapidly due to their scales. New experiments demonstrated that primates react strongly to snake-like ...

For instance, has evolution proceeded differently in New World monkeys versus Old World monkeys? New World monkeys last shared a common ancestor with Old World monkeys about 30-50 mya, but the ...

Scientists discovered that primates spot snakes quickly because their brains are specifically tuned to recognize snake scales ...

Audio, 30 minutesThe Life Scientific Sarah Blaffer Hrdy on human evolution and parenthood Jim Al-Khalili discusses monkey infanticide and human parenting with Sarah Hrdy. The Infinite Monkey Cage.

The Human Spark crew visited ... figuring out what we share with monkeys – and what we don’t. The idea is that talents we share probably arose early in evolution in our common ancestor ...