Researchers have found that monkeys known as macaques possess the vocal anatomy but not the brain circuitry to produce human speech. The findings suggest that human speech stems mainly from the unique ...

Ancient mummies, skulls and bones galore -- Indiana Jones himself would learn a thing or two at the American Association of Anatomists' Annual Meeting beginning April 24.

Biological anthropology is the sub-discipline of anthropology that studies human evolution and variation. Specific emphasis is on mechanisms of biological evolution, genetic inheritance, human ...

A group of international scientists have mapped the genetic, cellular, and structural makeup of the human brain and the nonhuman primate brain. This understanding of brain structure allows for a ...

And human infants have high larynxes, yet can make all the vowel sounds that adults can. The ability to produce vowel-style sounds might have more to do with the muscle anatomy that controls the ...

Bonobos are the non-human primates with the most extensive vocal repertoire Our primate cousins have surprised and impressed scientists in recent years, with revelations about monkeys' tool-using ...

Of all primates living today, only we humans walk fully upright. But Lucy and other fossil finds reveal that more than 3 million years ago, a relatively small-brained, ape-faced human ancestor ...