Human evolution is a long and winding tale that goes back millions of years, but one aspect of our anatomy shaped up quickly compared to other mammals: our large brains and flat faces. As these ...

Comprehensive reference genomes have now been assembled for six ape species: siamang (a Southeast Asian gibbon), Sumatran orangutan, Bornean orangutan, gorilla, bonobo, and chimpanzee. Areas of their ...

A new study of wrist bones suggests human ancestors may have shared a knuckle-walking past with chimpanzees and gorillas.

Mongrel models and seductive scenarios of human evolution -- Terminology, morphology, genes, and lots of fossils : Apes in space ; Apes in time ; Taproot and branches of our family tree -- Positional ...

Humans are overwhelmingly right-handed, but scientists have long struggled to explain why no other primate species shows ...

Learn about the similarities between the wrist bones of humans and African apes, which may point to shared knuckle-walking ...

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Brain size and bipedalism are the most likely drivers of our species’ right-hand dominance, according to new research ...

No matter where you are in the world, the humans living there are about 90 percent right-handed while the remaining 10 ...