A new study, published July 6, 2026, in the journal Nature Communications, suggests that two of the best-known trends in ...

A new landmark study has uncovered evidence that challenges the long-held beliefs about human evolution.

A vast stretch of islands across the South Pacific holds one of the oldest human stories on Earth. For tens of thousands of ...

For nearly 30 years, a landmark study shaped how scientists understood the relationship between brain and body size in ...

A study of 140 laughter sequences found the same rhythmic timing pattern in humans, chimps, gorillas, bonobos and orangutans.

Human-AI interactions can resemble human-human social interactions, with computers, and especially AI-driven technologies, becoming increasingly important social actors. It is in these interactions ...

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What will humans be like generations from now in a world transformed by artificial intelligence (AI)? Plenty of thinkers have applied themselves to questions like this, considering how AI will alter ...

Bonobo male Kikongo making 'happy' grin faces at the Lola ya Bonobo Sanctuary, Democratic Republic of Congo, October 2010 ...

Hundreds of hominin fossils reveal that human body size remained stable for ages before a sharp increase in early members of ...

A study investigated whether the genes for schizophrenia and autism appeared more frequently as mammals evolved bigger brains ...