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

Human speech demands precise coordination between breathing, the vocal folds across the larynx, and our tongue, lips and jaw.

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

Evolu tion’s got Bad Blood… Another suspenseful season of the beloved crime drama is in the books, and Season 19’s finale ...

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 ...

A new study offers a glimpse into the evolutionary path toward human language—through laughter. In a new study, ape species more closely related to humans, such as chimpanzees, were able to laugh ...