An international team of scientists led by a recent doctoral graduate from the University of Massachusetts Amherst sheds new ...

Where lies the origin of the Indo-European language family? Researchers contribute a new piece to this puzzle. They analyzed ancient DNA from 435 individuals from archaeological sites across Eurasia ...

A new study, conducted on wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) in Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire, provides evidence that the gestures used by male chimpanzees from four neighboring communities ...

For two centuries, archaeologists, historians, and social scientists studied human societies in search of the origins of hierarchy—a layered structure where power and privilege are concentrated in the ...

New research has revealed that bonobos and chimps can recognize when humans don’t know something, a skill once thought to be ...

A landmark study reporting the discovery of Australopithecus africanus one century ago put the African continent at the ...

Biology professor collaborates on ‘Nature’ study finding some local ‘wild’ plants, are dependent on intervention by ...

Most animals, including other primates, give birth alone, but humans require assistance during childbirth due to the ...

Researchers Discover Paleolithic Cave Art Dated 66,000 Years Ago, Reveal Neanderthals to Be the ‘First Artists' Painting from ...

Some great apes realize when a human partner doesn’t know something and are capable of communicating information to them to ...

Strange wear marks on the teeth of Paleolithic people in Central Europe have long puzzled scientists, but new research may finally reveal the cause.

Her research integrates skeletal analysis with the study of material culture and historical narratives to address the interactions between human bodies and their broader social, cultural, and physical ...