The fossilised bones of our ancestors remain silent. So, how can we possibly imagine what our earliest languages sounded like?

The study suggests that both humans and chimpanzees possess a “shared cognitive predisposition” for crystals. Whenever such a trait emerges as common between two related species, it’s likely that this ...

Scientists in Spain investigated which characteristics of crystals may have made them so fascinating to our ancestors.

While Japanese macaques are not great apes, scientists have long observed that many primates rely on body language and ...

Crystals have repeatedly been found at archaeological sites alongside Homo remains. Evidence shows that hominins have been collecting these stones for as long as 780,000 years. Yet, we know that our ...

“Meet Tatu and Loulis—the last of the 'talking' chimpanzees,” published in National Geographic on February 20, sheds light on the series of experiments that led to CWU becoming the first, and so far ...

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Humans might opt for eye contact or compliments when flirting, but chimpanzees show romantic interest by ripping up leaves in front of their crush, according to scientists. Professor Cat Hobaiter, an ...

Situated on the Atlantic coast, the country has a subtropical climate with distinct dry and rainy seasons, with average high temperatures in March reaching 34C ...

In the 1960s and 70s, a group of chimpanzees astonished the world by learning sign language. Only two remain and one question ...

Rabies apparently makes apes smarter and the humans it’s mauling dumber.