A New Timeline for Neanderthal Interbreeding With Modern Humans Dec. 12 ... have deciphered the prehistory of aurochs -- the animals that were the focus of some of the most iconic early human ...

There’s a tendency to overlook the fact that human health and animal health are closely intertwined. As an Ethnozoology published paper put it, “we share hundreds of diseases with animals ...

Some experts have also speculated that if this human-animal combat indeed occurred, it only happened in Rome—not in the far-flung edges of the empire. “The assumption has always been that ...

Human beings have the tendency to feel overly secure in their position at the top of the food chain. We take for granted the fact that we are the most intelligent animals on the planet without ever ...

This oil painting by French artist Firmin Didot (1764-1836) depicts human-animal combat in ancient Rome. New evidence shows it likely occurred as far away as Roman Britain. Credit: Public Domain ...

When we think about grief, we often consider it a uniquely human experience—a complex emotional response to loss that requires advanced cognitive abilities and self-awareness. However, research into ...

This article delves into twenty fascinating instances where animals displayed intelligence that rivals, or perhaps surpasses, that of humans. These insights not only offer an opportunity to marvel at ...

From that, they set the starting date of human-Neanderthal hookups at around 47,124 years ago and estimated that ...

The three Rs are: Reduction, Refinement, Replacement. Animal experiments are not used to show that drugs are safe and effective in human beings - they cannot do that. Instead, they are used to ...

By the Viking Age, cats with a new genetic haplogroup, IV-D, show up in York, Orkney, and even Galway, Ireland. The Norse ...

Researchers reexamining fossils identified telltale marks made by human ancestors cutting meat from bones. The discovery pushes back the date hominins started living in Europe by 200,000 years.