A 1.5-million-year-old skull fossil from Gona, Ethiopia now has a virtual face, thanks to digital reconstruction.

The textbook version of human evolution has long held that Homo erectus was the pioneering species to venture beyond Africa's borders around 1.8 million years ago. However, new analysis of five skulls ...

Vervet monkeys living on the Caribbean islands of St. Kitts and Nevis are famous for their fondness for alcohol. Their taste ...

Over a century ago, anthropologist Raymond Dart chipped an ancient skull out of some rock from an ancient quarry — and revealed the face of an ancient human relative.

Human evolution is not a straight line but a complex branching tree shared with other great apes. This overview explains the distinction between hominids and hominins and traces the evolutionary ...

A 1.6-million-year-old Ethiopian skull blends ancestor and descendant features, rewriting the origin story of Homo erectus.

After decades of excavation and debate, a new analysis argues that Little Foot — one of the most complete hominin fossils ...

A team of international scientists, led by Dr. Karen Baab, a paleoanthropologist at the College of Graduate Studies, Glendale ...

This is the centennial year for the Scopes “monkey trial” in Dayton, Tennessee, 1925’s “trial of the century”. In the dock ...

Non-human primates (NHPs) possess high cognitive abilities that enable them to respond effectively to complex social, ecological, and psychological challenges. These abilities need to be stimulated in ...

The early phase of drug development relies on the examination of the efficacy and safety of therapeutic agents in animal models. Due to their close genetic and physiological relation to humans, ...

Monkey Day lands on December 14, and while it may sound like a quirky holiday, it highlights something extraordinary: primates are far more impressive, skilled, and complex than most people realize.