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 ...

The crystal chimp study, published on Wednesday in the journal Frontiers in Psychology, was an attempt to understand what about the shimmering minerals is so attractive to the apes’ closest cousins, ...

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

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 ...

Few pests eat away at farm profitability as much as soybean cyst nematode (SCN). Causing at least $1.5 billion in yield losses annually, it's soybean's single biggest threat. Unfortunately, soybean's ...

Photo: Fernando Turmo Wildlife trafficking is not a distant or marginal issue. It is one of the largest forms of ...

Last year, Maro and his colleagues estimated wild chimpanzees’ alcohol intake based on the amount of fermented fruit they eat ...

Your muscles, brain and how human feet evolved all play a part in why you can’t wiggle individual toes one by one. Here's how.

Discover the latest news, features and articles about the origin of the human species and what makes us different from our ...

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 ...

Humans have dominated this planet for tens of thousand years. One study showed the arrival of people in Australia about 47,000 years ago caused the extinction of marsupials such as the giant ...

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