Picture writing the numbers 1 to 5 in a horizontal line, from smallest to largest. Where did you put 1? If you placed 1 on ...

An experiment shows that bonobos can understand when a human lacks knowledge and point them in the right direction ...

A first-of-its-kind study suggests bonobos, like humans, can understand someone else’s lack of knowledge—and adjust their ...

Researchers believe that members of the human family - hominids - and African apes once had a common ancestor, perhaps as recently as 5 to 10 million years ago. At some stage the hominids split ...

How did a common ancestor of humans and insects order information ... insects, birds and apes. Perhaps evolution has landed on this preference as an advantageous way to process complex information.

The Star, a daily South African newspaper, featured a story on an exciting scientific discovery – the fossilized skull of a species with a mixture of human-like and ape-like features.

Recognising that someone lacks information you possess is key for effective communication and cooperation, and bonobos seem ...

New research provides the first direct evidence that Australopithecus, an important early human ancestor that displayed a mix of ape-like and human-like traits, consumed very little or no meat ...

Jan 16 (Reuters) - The incorporation of meat into the diet was a milestone for the human evolutionary lineage, a potential catalyst for advances such as increased brain size. But scientists have ...