An international research team has mapped the genomes of six ape species, revealing genetic distinctions that shed light on primate evolution. The study, published in Nature, provides a deeper ...

When compared to teeth from Homo erectus and orangutans, the remains from an ancient ape appear to belong to a new genus. A series of rodent experiments showed that even with abundant food and water, ...

Still, the discovery of Danuvius “adds an exciting piece to the puzzle” of ancient ape evolution, Williams says.

The resource is already lending itself to comparative studies that offer new insights into human and ape evolution, and into what underlies the functional differences among these species.

Chimpanzees are often cast as a mirror to our darkest tendencies, embodying violence, territoriality and power struggles. In ...

How did humans evolve into the big-brained, bipedal ape that we are today? This article examines the fossil evidence of our 6 million year evolution. Darwin's great insight, and the unifying ...

The resource is already lending itself to comparative studies that offer new insights into human and ape evolution, and into what underlies the functional differences among these species.

Living hominoids (apes) are united by features related to their unusual locomotion, but few such traits are found in the earliest fossil forms. Which adaptations were likely present in the ...