Filmmaker, stars Ivana Baquero and Doug Jones, and cinematographer Guillermo Navarro share favorite memories from their ...

This year marks half a century since the discovery of Lucy, a hominid fossil that would go on to drastically alter our ...

Man' lizard — a herpetologist explains how it flashes red and blue in seconds to win mates and settle rival showdowns.

While humans and chimpanzees share a common evolutionary history, we will never hear how our ancient ancestors laughed.

A newly identified fossil ape from northern Egypt is reshaping ideas about where the ancestors of modern apes first emerged.

Physical touch may be an important evolutionary tool to help manage social tension and keep the peace. That is according to a ...

Fossil lower jaws found north of Cairo in Egypt reveal a previously unknown early Miocene ape that lived around 17 to 18 million years ago. The teeth and jaw features suggest a flexible fruit-based ...

Your laughter might be older than you think! A new study reveals that the rhythmic pattern of human laughter has remained consistent for at least 15 million years, shared with our great ape relatives.

Fossil discoveries from East Africa, Europe, and Asia have helped trace the rise of modern apes. However, North Africa has remained absent from the record. Researchers have now found what they call ...

We have seen the illustration of evolution where 'an ape gradually stands upright and eventually becomes a modern human' many times in textbooks and museums. That famous 'march of progress' where a ...