Researchers have found that the size of the amygdala—a region of the brain involved in processing emotions—could be linked to ...

A fossil that would fit on a baby’s fingertip has revealed fresh clues about the evolution of the earliest-known relative of ...

A sediment-washing “bubbler” helped researchers recover 65.5-million-year-old teeth that illuminate how early primate ...

Tiny, tooth-sized fossils have just reshaped the story of our deepest ancestry. Paleontologists have discovered the southernmost remains ever found of Purgatorius—the earliest-known relative of all ...

New minuscule fossils of Purgatorius, the earliest-known relative of all primates—including humans—have been unearthed in a ...

Humans might opt for eye contact or compliments when flirting, but chimpanzees show romantic interest by ripping up leaves in front of their crush, according to scientists. Professor Cat Hobaiter, an ...

In the 1960s and 70s, a group of chimpanzees astonished the world by learning sign language. Only two remain and one question ...

T he ability to communicate symbolically is one of the hallmarks of our species, yet scientists still don’t know exactly when our capacity for language arose. According to new research, genes likely ...

Rabies apparently makes apes smarter and the humans it’s mauling dumber.

AN abandoned baby monkey who broke hearts after being spotted using a cuddly toy as a stand-in parent has finally been reunited with his troop. Seven-month-old Punch, a Japanese macaque, was ...

Elana Meyers Taylor, the most decorated female bobsledder in the sport's history, came into the Milan Cortina Games still chasing the ultimate prize. Despite a long list of Olympic success, the ...

BRUNSWICK, Ohio — What started as a classroom conversation at Kidder Elementary in Brunswick has turned into a schoolwide effort focused on inclusion. Second graders in Abigail Hardy’s class began ...