they quickly began working on the genomes of other apes — the closest genetic relatives to humans. Understanding the genomes of non-human apes is crucial because it gives geneticists insights into ...

Comprehensive reference genomes have now been assembled for six ape species: siamang (a Southeast Asian gibbon), Sumatran ...

How did humans evolve into the big-brained, bipedal ape that we are today? This article examines the fossil evidence of our 6 million year evolution. Darwin's great insight, and the unifying ...

For the past 150 years, scientists and laypeople alike have accepted a “savanna” scenario of human evolution. The theory, primarily based on fossil evidence, suggests that because our ancestral ape ...

Differences among the DNA of seven ape species—including humans—are greater than originally thought ... The findings, ...

The results, published this week in Nature magazine by an international team of 123 researchers, help deepen people's understanding of human evolution and protect endangered ape populations.