A newly identified primate species from Wyoming is challenging a long-standing model of early primate evolution. The species, Tetonius varleyorum, lived about 55 million years ago and combines ...

Brains rot within days. The bony case that held them can last 33 million years, which is why primate brain evolution has been ...

Keeping pets seems to be fairly recent behaviour in the timeline of human evolution. Columnist Michael Marshall turns to the ...

A new study from the University of Kansas complicates the picture of primates living in North America some 55 million years ...

Longer thumbs mean bigger brains and this is “pivotal” to human evolution, research has found. Scientists studied 94 fossils and living animals to understand how our ancestors developed their gripping ...

Combining archaeological evidence with ancient DNA and data on past climates shows us how long and winding the story of human ...

A sweet tooth for sugars from fruits and honey may have helped fuel brain growth in our primate cousins and early human ...

Saliva is a bodily fluid most of us take for granted despite the significant roles it plays: aiding in digestion, maintaining strong teeth and defending against oral disease. However, the evolution of ...

What events led to differences between humans and other primates? What changes throughout evolution underlie such a dramatic shift in how we socialize and process information? Although somewhat ...

Miller, it was “a light bulb moment.” Fruit is full of sugar, and our brain relies on glucose, a sugar, as its primary energy source. Now, in a new analysis published in Science on ...