Our team’s research modelled the anatomy of these early humans, Australopithecus afarensis, to find out how well they could ...

Like living apes it would have walked quadrupedally (on ... leading paleoanthropologists to infer that these fossils represent early members of the hominin lineage. The first human-like traits ...

including both monkeys and great apes, live in complex social environments where paying attention to others is crucial for interaction and learning. From an early age, they instinctively focus on ...

A study finds that young female chimps build nests earlier and more often than males, showing early independence.

We share more than 97% of our genetic makeup with primates such as chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans. But that doesn’t ...