The Secrets of Fossil Teeth Revealed by the Synchrotron: A Long Childhood Is the Prelude to the Evolution of a Large Brain Nov. 13, 2024 — Could social bonds be the key to human big brains?

A new Yale study provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the process differed from the evolution of chimpanzees.

a burial that was meant to humiliate a conquered rival even after defeat Eli Wizevich Despite humans and whales being separated by millions of years of evolution, our vocalizations follow the same ...

The study highlights how humans can accelerate evolution far more quickly than previously thought. Humans have been raising pigs as livestock for centuries, during which time the animals have ...

After each sound was played, the macaque was shown a picture of the item mentioned by the human voice, an apple, for example ... Monkeys can identify pictures from words, PLOS ONE (2025).

From this trove of genetic information, researchers have already identified dozens of examples of relatively recent evolution. Anatomically modern humans migrated from Africa sometime between ...

For the past 150 years, scientists and laypeople alike have accepted a “savanna” scenario of human evolution. The theory, primarily based on fossil evidence, suggests that because our ancestral ape ...

The findings challenge previous assumptions and reveal a more intricate process at play. This research not only deepens knowledge about human evolution but also sheds light on conditions linked to ...

that interbred with modern day humans passed on some of their genes via multiple, distinct ... Nov. 1, 2024 — New research has found that, unlike birds, the evolution of bats' wings and legs is ...

Together, they developed a mathematical model designed to mimic the formation and evolution ... For example, the model predicted patterns of kinship organization that align with those documented by ...

Instead, they attest to the complex dance of evolution and the various factors, from genetics to environmental conditions, that cause species to evolve differently. Ultimately, even as our ...

Humans have been keeping pigs as livestock for several centuries. During this time, the animals have changed considerably. For example ... humans can influence the evolution of animals.