Scopes “Monkey Trial” in Tennessee, where a teacher was prosecuted for teaching evolution, continues to influence debates on ...

Researchers found that the animals are capable of using their trunks to make a range of gestures that express their ...

Scientists debate whether true reverse evolution is possible, but this species of tomatoes on the western Galápagos Islands ...

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Scopes trial, in which a Dayton, Tennessee, teacher was charged with violating state law by teaching biological evolution, ...

Recent research clobbered that theory by showing pre-modern hominins evolution unique to Europe: The fossil, uncovered at the ...

Great apes – bonobos, chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans – all emit play calls that acoustically resemble human chuckles.

In March 1925, Tennessee became the first state in the country to ban the teaching of evolution in public school classrooms.

The baby brain is a great gateway for language to be transferred from brain to brain. All the main connections in the brain ...

The way that human adults talk to young children is unique among primates, a new study found. That might be one secret to our ...

Humans from different cultures speak to their children using a form of speech known as “child-directed speech”, or “baby talk”. Though to us, it may seem natural to communicate directly with our ...

Everything you need to know about human evolution How are humans related to apes? Humans' closest relatives are other apes, such as chimpanzees and bonobos. In fact, we share nearly 99% of the ...