Capuchin monkeys learn by watching tolerant group members. Social bonds shape knowledge transfer and culture in monkeys.
Which led me to ask: how might human evolution be altered by interactions with a world of rich AI diversity? In a paper just published in The Quarterly Review of Biology, I considered the many ways AI ...
A farmer's family in Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, has formed a unique bond with Rani, a monkey they adopted eight ... and drink in the same manner as her human family and surprisingly, later she ...
The long-held theory of human evolution says that modern humans originated in Africa and then migrated to other parts of the world. However, that “out of Africa” model is being challenged by a ...
But for milestone anniversaries, consider the centennial of the 1925 Scopes “Monkey Trial,” a watershed ... state law that banned the teaching of evolution in public schools.
Maybe, with a little luck, he would make another discovery that would change the map of human evolution. A version of this story appears in the February 2025 issue of National Geographic magazine.
With stories of our living ape relatives using medicine and information about the evolution of adolescence and emergence of genetic and neurological diversity, 2024 research delved into the human ...
Homo erectus was able to adapt to and survive in desert-like environments at least 1.2 million years ago, according to a paper published in Communications Earth & Environment. The findings suggest ...
A study of tool use among chimps, our closest living relatives, has cast light on the human evolutionary journey.
Human ancestors like Australopithecus -- which lived around 3.5 million years ago in southern Africa -- ate very little to no meat, according to new research. This conclusion comes from an ...