Scientists speculate kissing was established among human ape ancestors as they started spending considerable time on the ground away from trees, which increased the risk of parasitic infestation.

A worker at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden lost part of his thumb after a bonobo at a primate enclosure chomped down on the digit during feeding time. The unnamed zoo worker was making ...

A new fossil ape from an 8.7-million-year-old site in Türkiye is challenging long-accepted ideas of human origins and adding weight to the theory that the ancestors of African apes and humans ...

Ape family tree suggests human ancestors weren’t particularly violent. An evolutionary analysis of behavioural traits across primate species may shed light on the question of whether humans are ...

(Bangkok) – The Cambodian government has stepped up its attacks on political opposition members in advance of national elections slated for July 2023, Human Rights Watch said today. The ...

One of the most recognizable aspects of a human being is the presence of an opposable (can touch the other digits) and prehensible (ability to grasp) thumb. While some primates and living beings ...

The timing and intensity of the seasons shapes life all around us, including tool use by birds, the evolutionary diversification of giraffes, and the behaviour of our close primate relatives. Some ...

This is a question usually asked by scientists searching for extraterrestrial life. In “Between Ape and Human: An Anthropologist on the Trail of a Hidden Hominoid,” Gregory Forth brings the in ...