In pursuit of knowledge, the evolution of humanity ranks with the origins of life and the universe. And yet, except when an ...

The resource is already lending itself to comparative studies that offer new insights into human and ape evolution, and into what underlies the functional differences among these species.

An international research team has mapped the genomes of six ape species, revealing genetic distinctions that shed light on primate evolution. The study provides a deeper understanding of human and ...

It will take more fossil discoveries to sort that out. The human branch of the evolutionary tree, called Homo, is thought to have arisen from a group of ancient species called australopithecines.

Our early human ancestors may have learned to walk on two legs not on savanna lands, but up in trees while foraging for food.

Human History Scientists Reconstruct 12-Million-Year-Old Ape Skull The damaged cranium of a Pierolapithecus has been put together virtually and compared with hominids past and present.

If we look across the whole of the mammal branch of the tree of life we find there are many groups of mammals that have ...

Humans Ape family tree suggests human ancestors weren’t particularly violent An evolutionary analysis of behavioural traits across primate species may shed light on the question of whether ...

New research studies the inner ear canals of two ancient apes and concludes that they are part of the hominid family, helping us understand ape-human evolution.

Human evolution: Our shoulders and elbows first evolved as brakes for climbing apes, says study Early humans needed the movements in the joints in order to slow their descent out of trees, the ...

A new study suggests the last common ancestor of chimpanzees and humans was capable of swinging from tree to tree.

An international research team has mapped the genomes of six ape species, revealing genetic distinctions that shed light on primate evolution. The study, published in Nature, provides a deeper ...