bipedal ape that we are today? This article examines the fossil evidence of our 6 million year evolution. Darwin's great insight, and the unifying principle of biology today, is that all species ...

Because all four great ape species engaged in playful teasing, it is likely that the prerequisites for humor evolved in the human lineage at least 13 million years ago. Joking is an important part ...

After a year teaching an algorithm to differentiate between the echolocation calls of different bat species, Katarina decided she was simply too greedy to focus on one field. Following an internship ...

Bonobo apes are very similar to the more widely recognized chimpanzees—a smaller species of ape native to the Congo region of ...

Biological anthropologists use genetic data to understand the evolutionary relationships that humans share with great apes and to examine ... variation in this species. Habitat variation may ...

Two great apes — one small ... creature’s evolutionary status — or whether it’s a separate species at all. For instance, some features of the two partial teeth — especially the more ...