Scientists suggest meat consumption was pivotal to humans' development of larger brains, but the transition probably didn't ...

White-faced capuchin monkeys in Costa Rica who experienced more intense physiological responses to mild droughts were more ...

Humans are the only mammals with long hair on their heads. Scientists look into what drives this unique feature.

Research team from the Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment at the University of Tübingen ...

Comparison of that ancient DNA with modern human DNA showed that the two species had interbred and that people today still ...

The same is true of Beryl, a chimpanzee living in Kibale National Park, in Uganda, and her young daughter, Lindsay. When ...

Nitrogen isotope analysis of tooth enamel reveals no evidence of meat consumption in Australopithecus. New research published ...

A new study reports that primates will synchronize urination with implications for the evolution of social cohesion ...

New research shows Australopithecus ate mostly plants, challenging theories about early human diets, meat, and evolution.

Some researchers hypothesize that the incorporation of animal-based foods in early hominin diets led to increased brain size, smaller gut size, and increased stature.

The video was posted on Instagram on January 6, just a few days before Makar Sankranti. A distant silhouette of a monkey on a roof is captured in the intriguing video. It appears as though the monkey ...

Capuchin monkeys learn by watching tolerant group members. Social bonds shape knowledge transfer and culture in monkeys.