Teasing, poking and pestering—creatively perfected by human siblings across the globe—may be a far older pastime than we may ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Gregory Forth, now retired, was a professor of anthropology at the University of Alberta for more than three decades. View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Between Ape and Human also ...

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 ...

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 ...