A new study posits that same-sex sexual behavior developed to help primates in complex social groups ease tension, reduce ...
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The top human evolution discoveries of 2025, from the intriguing Neanderthal diet to the oldest Western European face fossil
This has been quite the wild year in human evolution stories. Our relatives, living and extinct, got a lot of attention—from new developments in ape cognition to an expanded perspective of a ...
Humans are the only primates that run nearly naked under the sun. Here’s how this biological tradeoff reshaped how our ...
Researchers uncover evidence that the gut microbiome and brain connection can influence brain gene expression and neural ...
Ronan the sea lion can dance to a lot of different songs, but there is something about “Boogie Wonderland,” by Earth, Wind and Fire that really gets her going. It didn’t take more than a few days for ...
Some 60 primate species, including baboons, chimpanzees and vervet monkeys, express homosexuality, according to a new study ...
Some say the oldest known human settlement is Uruk, in modern-day Iraq. Others say Jericho, in Palestine. Wherever it is, it must be the place where synurbization—the process of wildlife adapting to ...
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Humans are the only mammals that shed emotional tears—and evolution has no clear answer for it
We've all been there: watching a movie when suddenly your eyes well up, or hearing a song that sends tears streaming down ...
With copper-blue blood prized by modern medicine and a body plan older than dinosaurs, the horseshoe crab reveals how ancient ...
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