Chimpanzee calls activate key human brain voice regions, revealing ancient neural links that may reshape our understanding of language origins.

Researchers long assumed early human ancestors were chimpanzee-like. But Ardi's comparatively flexible wrist points to a primate breakthrough: she did not walk on her knuckles, as chimps do.

Scientists say humans' fondness for alcohol traces back to primate ancestors who sought fermented fruits, shaping both ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Researchers have now discovered that HAR123, a regulatory gene sequence, is an important factor in human brain development. Even though humans are ...

Human's closest living relatives, Chimpanzees, primarily learn their communicative patterns from their mothers and maternal relatives, according to a new study. Newsweek has reached out to the study's ...

Ardi is the oldest known partial skeleton of a hominin and shows foot features that are transitioning from vertical climbing to bipedal walking. While Ardi has the primitive grasping big toe of the ...

Chimpanzees naturally ingest surprising amounts of alcohol from ripe, fermenting fruit. Careful measurements show that their typical fruit diet can equal one to two human drinks each day. This ...

A new study examining the muscular system of bonobos provides firsthand evidence that the rare great ape species may be more closely linked, anatomically, to human ancestors than common chimpanzees.