UCL scientists found that human skulls evolved much faster than those of other apes, reflecting the powerful forces driving our brain growth and facial flattening. By comparing 3D models of ape skulls ...

Human activities such as mining, agriculture, urbanization, damming and logging threaten the habitats of great apes in Africa and Asia. Apes have shown resilience to these disruptions by adapting ...

Actors in the latest "Planet of the Apes" film said in a recent interview they would take the side of the apes against humanity. "I dislike humans a lot," actress Freya Allan said during an interview ...

What can chimpanzees teach us about ourselves? A lot, says Craig Stanford, who's spent three decades studying the lives of our closest cousins. Humans share upwards of 98% of their DNA with the great ...

Humans evolved large brains and flat faces at a surprisingly rapid pace compared to other apes, likely reflecting the evolutionary advantages of these traits, finds a new analysis of ape skulls by UCL ...

From pointing to animated arm movements and nodding, people regularly employ gestures to accompany and create language. Now, it's been suggested that humans can also understand sign language used by ...

It turns out you don’t have to be Jane Goodall to understand apes. Even untrained humans can decipher ape communication, including gestures related to grooming and sex, according to a new study ...

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A new study, which centers on evidence from skulls of a 6-million-year-old fossil ape, Lufengpithecus, offers important clues about the origins of bipedal locomotion courtesy of a novel method: ...