The white-handed gibbon comes closest to humans in the study, with a monogamy rate of 63.5%. It’s the only other top-ranked “monotocous” species, meaning it usually has one offspring per pregnancy, ...

Many known hominin fossils defy species classification, with the most famous example being the ever-enigmatic Denisovans. A study by anthropologists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the ...

For decades, the story seemed settled: one early human species left Africa and spread across the world. But a new study ...

The human brain is a fascinating and complex organ that supports numerous sophisticated behaviors and abilities that are ...

The millions of species humans share the world with are valuable in their own right. When one species is lost, it has a ...

In paleoanthropology, a rare, nearly-complete skeleton can rewrite entire chapters of the human origin story. The “Little ...